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| By: | Marty Pfohl | | Dates: | 5/14/2014 - 5/14/2014 | | Album Info: | As an arm of the Royal Offices of Thailand, many of the SRT's locomotives carry the official seal of His Majesty King of Thailand, King Rama9. As well, all modern SRT power has a unique seal affixed to the carbody, called the 'Burachatra'. The story behind it is interesting: The Burachatra is the circular cast metal, inscripted plate found on every diesel locomotive in the SRT fleet. These plates commemorate, and are copies of, the official seal of H.R.H. Prince Burachat, who, at the time [1928] was the head of the SRT. Under his watch, the first diesel locomotives were brought to Thailand from Switzerland, thus starting the Diesel era on the SRT and making him what many consider to be the Father of the 'modern' SRT. In commemoration if this august acheievement, it was decreed that from that time in perpetuity all SRT diesels will have the Burachatra plate affixed to the carbody in his honour...now that is awesomely cool!!!
As for the Royal Seal of H.M. King Rama9, not all locomotives carry those. They were applied in 2012 in commemoration of the King's 84th birthday and many of those emblems are now fading from the brutal Thailand sun...my thanks to Ms. Sarnt for the research in getting this information, and of course, due to an ongoing technicality with the location editor, all photos were taken in Thailand, not the US!! |
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SRT Emblem |
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The official emblem of the State Railway of Thailand, from G.E.A. CM22-7i No. 4538. |
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5/14/2014 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 10:47:04 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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Marty Pfohl |
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SRT BP4414 |
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Burachatra Plate. This is the standard plate affixed to all SRT diesel powered locomotives, this example being from AD24C No. 4414. It is a copy of the official seal of H.R.H. Prince Burachat, who is considered the 'Father' of the modern era SRT. |
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5/14/2014 Upload Date: 12/18/2014 9:55:26 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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SRT4153BP |
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Burachatra plate, 2012 King Rama 9 birthday seal, Number and Alsthom nameplate of 1975 AD24C No. 4153. |
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12/8/2014 Upload Date: 12/24/2014 7:29:07 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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SRT4214BctRS |
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AD24C No. 4214 sports a shiny gold Burachatra and somewhat faded Royal Seal |
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5/17/2014 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 11:03:35 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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SRT 4414BpDtl |
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SRT 4414 body panel detail. The Burachatra and a new style of Royal Seal are affixed to this one. There is also an Alsthom nameplate under the door. |
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5/14/2014 Upload Date: 12/18/2014 9:56:17 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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Marty Pfohl |
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SRT 4414(JT42BW) |
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SRT4513Bct |
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Hitachi 8F 36C No. 4513 has this red/bronze Burachatra. |
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5/18/2014 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 11:07:13 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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Marty Pfohl |
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SRT4538BcsRSDtl. |
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SRT 4538; Detail of the Burachatra to the right and Royal Seal of H.R.H. King Rama 9 on the left. [I have photoedited the seal as it was noticably faded.] |
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5/14/2014 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 10:51:18 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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SRT4538BcsRS |
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Mid body panel on No. 4538. |
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5/14/2014 Upload Date: 5/26/2014 10:57:56 PM |
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Bangkok, CO |
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