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This is a of full-grip MF67, in the "King Blue" livery, with "full-grip" denoting all cars are powered.
Little history of these fascinating trains:
The MF 67 A was the first version to be manufactured, with the MF67 B prototypes (including the MF 67 W2, Zebulon), following soon after. Initially, all carriages were powered, to match the rapid acceleration of the MP 55s and MP 59s on Line 1 and Line 11, however these full-grip trains were soon broken up into 3M2T formation, instead of 5M formation. Some trains, on Line 3bis and initially Line 7bis, were 2M1T formation.
The MF 67 C was the second generation of MF 67s, and, like the MF 67 A, they initially ran as full-grip. This MF 67 C, known as an MF 67 Cx, was unique, as, unlike many others, it featured plug doors instead of the traditional sliding doors, with such doors later used on the MF 77. MF 67 Cx trains, which were experiments, were soon returned to type, as MF 67 C, before being rebuilt to MF 67 D specifications, along with the MF 67 A type, which were also rebuilt to MF 67 D specifications en masse. Ex-MF 67 Cx trains were among the first to be retired, in 2009.
Little sidenote: I could not find any photos of an MF 67 Cx, so I just made the doors how I assumed they would look, based on the MF 77.
MF 67 A coming soon!
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