Missouri Pacific lives?????

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  • February 7, 2016 at 3:37 pm #5685
    anonymous

      My son took these two photographs yesterday in Manchester, CT. I never expected to see Missouri Pacific reporting marks at at this late date.

      [attachment=0:1e91t0gv]MoPac 267362 Manchester, CT 06 FEB 2016 2 of 2.JPG[/attachment:1e91t0gv][attachment=1:1e91t0gv]MoPac 267362 Manchester, CT 06 FEB 2016 1 of 2.JPG[/attachment:1e91t0gv]

      February 7, 2016 at 6:55 pm #7802
      Charles Duckworth
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        Ed
        I’m certainly not an expert in railroad financing or leasing of equipment under an equipment trust but I believe if the Union Pacific were to move these MP cars under the UP’s ownership rather than the Mopac’s the bankers could negotiate a new (higher) finance rate. While I was still working for UP I saw many newly built covered hoppers with CMO reporting marks. So I think its done for a cost saving reason. Am sure others can correct me or add to this conversion.

        February 8, 2016 at 7:04 pm #7806
        anonymous

          @cduckworth wrote:

          Ed
          I’m certainly not an expert in railroad financing or leasing of equipment under an equipment trust but I believe if the Union Pacific were to move these MP cars under the UP’s ownership rather than the Mopac’s the bankers could negotiate a new (higher) finance rate. While I was still working for UP I saw many newly built covered hoppers with CMO reporting marks. So I think its done for a cost saving reason. Am sure others can correct me or add to this conversion.

          So does this mean that as soon as the last car (from the MP-UP merger) still carrying MP reporting marks is scrapped the the MP will be truly gone from the rails? Or, are new cars being put on the rails with MP reporting marks?

          February 9, 2016 at 10:06 pm #7810
          Charles Duckworth
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            Ed
            Received an email today that UP is no longer buying equipment with MP reporting marks

            February 18, 2016 at 2:21 am #7828
            anonymous

              Thank you for the update.

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