Is this the former "Mardi Gras" once painted in IC colors? If so, I was on the Southern Railway Southern Crescent when it was deadheading to Roanoke Chapter NRHS. I am not sure where the car was cut off, but I DO remember that our lead E8 was cut off during the night after hitting an abandoned, stolen pick up truck during the night. I had a roomette, and slept thru that. We got into DC quite late, and we ran as an extra north of there. a GG1 and 5 lightweight cars. We FLEW to 30th Street Station where I got off. I was timing mile markers well over 100 MPH.
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