CREATE TABLE table_203_213 (id NUMBER, "name" CLOB, "builder" CLOB, "type" CLOB, "date" CLOB, "works number" NUMBER, "notes" CLOB)

how many locomotives were built before the 1900s ?
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_203_213 WHERE "date" < 1900
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "table_203_213" WHERE "date" < 1900