Mystery flatcar origin

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  • August 17, 2021 at 12:38 am #6519
    princessclyne69
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    Somebody walked down the line of wreck train cars at Fort Worth on 10/23/1983, according to the captions on the photos of wreck train cars now on eBay. Somebody probably would want to acquire at least a couple of these, since this is the second batch I’m aware of from these photos. This was about two weeks after the MPHS Fort Worth meet, which featured a tour of Centennial.

    But here’s my question. There is a former flatcar MP 50030 MW, https://www.ebay.com/itm/194284353441?hash=item2d3c3ff7a1:g:4y8AAOSwBbphFVGN

    I’m trying to figure out where it came from. It appears to be a 40′ – 42′ – 45′ car, no longer than that. It has 12 stakes, and it’s a welded car, evidently, not a riveted or cast carbody. I’ve been through the diagrams and can not figure out where this one came from, except possibly CEI 800427-800448, which seems unlikely. Notice also this car has towing staples underneath the sideframe, which is decidedly un-MoP-like. Could have been a wreck repair from somebody else, I suppose, like the B&O gon that T&P kept.

    Any ideas?

    RG7

    August 17, 2021 at 11:49 am #10254
    peggyrothschild
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    Ron
    Given the lack of polling pockets and the simplified construction I’d toss out this may have been made in the T&P shops for company service.

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