1) Locomotive part 2) Mudsill 3) Platform 1) Mudsill 
Edgar Purnell Hooley. Edgar Purnell Hooley - County Surveyor of the County of Nottinghamshire. ... The footplate of a steam locomotive is a large metal plate that rests on top of the frames and is normally covered with wooden floorboards. It is usually the full width of the locomotive and extends from the front of the cab to the rear of cab or coal bunker just above the buffer beam. The boiler, the cab, and other superstructure elements are in ...
• (n.) See Footboard (a).
Synonym: base of stapes. ... Synonym: pedicel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(foot´plāt) the flat portion of the stapes, which is set into the oval window on the medial wall of the middle ear.
Foot'plate` noun (Locomotives) See Footboard (a) . 
Type: Term Pronunciation: fut′plāt Synonyms: base of stapes, pedicel
[n] - (British) the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
noun the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill. · a platform or special floor area on which workers stand to operate a machine.