I was able to get a dummy BL-2 to go with my powered unit. However, take a look at the paint difference. Oh well.
BTW, MOPAC ordered their BL-2 with MU cap
ability....not sure other 
lines did that.
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Very nice. Too bad the blue's don't match. I'm a big BL-2 fan. 
"Which one is more correct?"
FWIW, and this is not the acid test, but a Life-Like HO MP BL-2 appears to match or approximate the darker of the 2 blues, above. Of course, some simple Internet research on MP diesels/BL-2's should yield the answer.
Paint fades, and if the lighter blue Wms is incorrect, some basic and enjoyable weathering with Bragdon's dry pigments could yield a nice "dirty, faded, in service" look to it.
Color pics of the MOPAC BL-2 are hard to come by...but I do have the pics below.
Credit for the photos is Louis A. Marre from the book Missouri Pacific in Color Vol. 1 by Jim Boyd pages 54-55, Morning Sun Books, 2004 ISBN 1-58248-133-4
I also have some MOPAC Historical society and EMD builder book on he BL-2 for MOPAC.
You either love these or hate these...Being an O-27 Midwest kind of guy, I like them.
Thank you all for your input...keep it coming please!
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Well, those colors appear to be all over the place. The lighter Wms looks suspiciously like the dirty real one at the top.
The BL-2 is just funky. I'm not a diesel guy, mostly, but these have always made me look. Not sure if in a good or bad way. I've almost bought one, more than once.
The rear (its best angle) has always had a streamlined steam locomotive look about it, to me. Oh, gosh, don't let me go down that rabbit hole.
I like 'em, bottom line.
