Detroit and Mackinac Help!

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Detroit and Mackinac Help!

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Hey ya'll, so i'm building a fleet of former Missabe cars for cement service. Does anyone have a few pictures of these cars?? only two can be found on rrpicturearchives site and I know most retained their missabe paint, but at least a couple were painted totally out. those are the ones i'm trying to nail down. thanks well in advance for anyone who can give a few pictures or help.

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Do you happen to have car numbers, Patrick? I suspect those were gone before I took many pictures up there, but you never know what might be sitting in my digital archives...
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those would be the 5000 series covered cement hoppers. they would be from the late 80's to early 90's. i personally dont remember seeing them myself, but i think they're cool.

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Amtrak Wolverines
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rr-fallenflags.org has shots of several 5000-series covered hoppers, at http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dm/dm.html

A simple patch-out: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dm/dm5026d06.jpg

A repaint: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dm/dm5030dsa.jpg
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thank you very much. i actually didnt know about that page.. helped greatly.

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