Missouri Pacific 2503xx series boxcars

[nkalanaga]

I've looked on every railroad photo site I have bookmarked and can't find a photo of this series.  Can anyone tell me if
1:   2503xx is a valid MP series.
2:   this is an accurate model of that series.



Thank you.

[Frisco Larry]

in the "Missouri Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment" page 47, is a photo of 250793, from series 250600-250898. Car looks reasonably close to model (has double doors).  Caption says this was a renumbering of cars 90000-90299. Series 250350-250547 was an M-I assigned series, after being renumbering into MP master system.  These cars look the same, but only have one door.  Thus car looks reasonable for MP, but the number is wrong.

[nkalanaga]

OK, thank you!  I found pictures of the 250600-250899 series, but never one of the 250350-250547.  Maybe because I was looking under MP and not MI?

I bought three for a kitbashing project, and only need two, unless something goes wrong.  If everything works, I might renumber the extra.  The sidesill is quite different, though, so maybe not.

It looks like ExactRail did MP like they did the NP, and used a late 60s Plate C car to model a 1950s Plate B.  The NP's 6000-6499 series had a straight sidesill, though, and looked closer than the MP cars.

[cv_acr]

Series 250350-250547 was an M-I assigned series, after being renumbering into MP master system.  These cars look the same, but only have one door.

MI series referenced above is also built by Pullman-Standard; pretty normal looking PS-1 product. Ends, roof, side sill are all different from the GBEC car represented by the Exactrail model, not just the door.

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=mi250412&o=mp

Not sure about other MP series that may or may not actually match the model car.

[Missaberoad]

Fwiw exactrail calls it a "heritage" scheme
https://www.exactrail.com/gunderson-5200-box-car-mp-250509

[cv_acr]

Ah......

[nkalanaga]

cv_acr:  NOW I know why that MI car looked familiar!  I have one of them.  Athearn made that car, with its original MI number, and I renumbered mine 250417.  And, yes, I had found the pictures before, by looking under MI instead of MP. 

Looks like my extra will remain an extra for now. 

Thank you, everybody.