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In the 1968 SoE there were 5 cars listed, X192 to X197. I know of X194 being active, and Nate has X195. There was also an X5121 listed as a scale test car.
I believe, before the renumbering, cars in MoW service were assigned numbers at random. I believe, but I can’t prove, that starting in 1961, cars being newly assigned to MoW service were numbered beginning at X14001 and going up sequentially, but cars with old numbers did not get renumbered.
Back to the scale test car, those were the ones in use on the MP system at the time you’re modeling. There was a Hallmark car and there was a Walthers car. I think mine is Hallmark, but the Walthers one is probably nicer detail. I just went upstairs and checked, and mine is not here so it’s in Wichita already, in a big pile of boxes. I think I lettered mine in a manner similar to the one in the photo. It’s painted Floquil reefer orange.
I have a shot of the prototype in transit, right where it’s supposed to be, at the rear of the train right in front of the caboose. It’s not listed in my photo index, so don’t know when I shot it.
RG7
