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Following up on the earlier discussion about C&EI passenger cars being renumbered into the MP series, the main remaining “mystery” involves the 50-foot express cars that are shown as MP 125-132 in the Missouri Pacific’s 1-1968 equipment summary. Two of these cars were photographed in the trains through Little Rock in October 1967 and early 1968. Stenciling on the upper left roofline is believed to contain the information that these cars were leased from C&EI.
Later photographs show cars in the 255957-255960 series, lettered C&EI and now with a C&EI buzzsaw. C&EI/MP diagrams suggest that these cars came from the C&EI 3900-3929 boxcar series, but that does not explain the passenger paint scheme on these cars. At this point, it appears that the MP 125-132 cars were renumbered when the lease expired. Can anyone provide other photo or paper documentation to explain these cars or verify this speculation?
Bill Pollard
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