Decals for 86′ auto parts boxcars

[anonymous]

I have a couple Walthers 86′ 4 doors per side auto parts boxcars that I’d like to decorate for MP as seen in GM parts service. I have two sets of Oddballs decals for these cars, but are any other sets available? Did these cars ever appear in CEI or TP marks?

[David Boeschen]

The ‘4 doors per side’ cars are shown in the MoPac Summary of Equipment as ‘2 – 20′-0″ plug doors’ and are numbered 272000-272020, total 21 cars. Built 1965. There were also TP 272021-272024, total 4 cars, built 1965, and TP 272045-272050, total 6 cars, built 1967. This is from the 1968 SoE.

By 1976 only 20 cars are shown in the 272000-272020 series, but two new cars numbered 272051-272052. These two are shown as 70 ton rather than the 50 ton of the earlier series. with different special equipment. These two are shown as built 1970. This year’s listing also shows TP 272021-272024, with 4 cars, TP 272025-272044, 18 cars, built 1966, and TP 272045-272050, as 50 ton cars.

No CEI cars of the 4 door per side type are shown in any of these years. Note that, since one end of these cars’ route was in Arlington, there would almost have to be some TP cars. There must have been a fair bit of mileage on the MP on their assigned route also. And wherever the other end(s) of the route were, would mean that one or more other railroads would have also owned some of these cars, more or less in proportion to the mileage of each since these were pool cars, but evidently not on the CEI.

Hope this helps.

RG7

[anonymous]

That’s excellent information. Thanks!

[anonymous]

I bought some Walthers 4 door cars lettered for Milwaukee Road and removed the lettering thinking I could save the paint. I was able to keep the aluminum paint on the doors but I had to repaint the rest of the body. I ended up using MP initials on these though TP might have worked. One of the number jumbles on the Oddballs set used KO&G.

Here are the cars after repainting and applying the Oddballs decals:

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