Now Available: 40ft Steel Box Cars

2025 was a year of much effort on MR projects and beyond. Unfortunately, we did not have the practical or mental capacity to offer new products during the year, even though we really wanted to. But we couldn't let 2025 pass us by empty-handed.

40ft Steel Box Cars - Pack 1

Since early September, when we published a significant update on the Illinois Central 2600 Class commission project and also on MR's anniversary, we decided to work on something “simple” that wouldn't take too much time so that we could launch it before Christmas.

The idea came directly from the 40-foot steel Box Cars, a type of freight car standardized by many American railroads that spanned several generations from the mid-1930s to the 1950s when they were still being manufactured. These boxcars were widely used by their original and successor railroads, undergoing a series of modifications and sometimes rebuilt so that they could remain in service without needing to be replaced.

Conrail Variations

6 Conrail units from the transition and absorption era of the railroads, represented in this case by Ex. Erie Lackawanna and Reading, and a variation with the famous Conrail blue paint scheme.

Delaware Variations

Another six units here are represented by Delaware, including Delaware & Hudson and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. A completely unusual type is the Box Car D&H “Mechanical Dept” painted in this faded light blue tone and, as far as we know, rarely seen. Due to its eccentricity, we have included it in this package.

Erie Lackawanna Variations

There are four EL units represented in the standard brown and brown with black scheme, and we have also included a gray with red variation of the same paint scheme.

Reading Lines Variations

And four other Reading Lines variations represented by two units in the iconic green and two brown units, one of which is the original factory design with only the word “Reading” on one side and “RDG” on the other.

Features

LOD (Level of Detail)

These models have LODs for models with greater 3D mesh detail (higher polygon count). Therefore, smaller details such as rivets or hidden/internal parts will only be seen at a certain distance, much closer to your camera, providing a significant FPS gain.

Twenty Model Variations

• Conrail - 6 units

• Delaware - 6 units

• Erie Lackawanna - 4 units

• Reading - 4 units

Cargo Simulation

Each Box Car has dynamic load simulation, meaning that if you master the TSC editor, you can manually choose which car can be loaded or not. The possibility of adding a 3D load inside the car was considered, since it has an interior, but this idea was discarded, at least for now.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2026!

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