In the FVM box car thread the question of available 40' box cars came up. Since these cars are my favorites, I just checked which cars I know. MTL 20000 series 40' PS-1 box car with single sliding door w/ roofwalk MTL 21000 series 40' PS-1 box car with single plug door w/ roofwalk MTL 22000 series 40' PS-1 box car with plug and sliding door w/ roofwalk MTL 21000 series 40' PS-1 box car with double sliding door door w/ roofwalk (plus these cars w/o roofwalk, too new for me) MTL 28000 series 40' outside braced box car with single sliding door MTL 29000 series 40' outside braced box car with one-and-a-half single sliding doors MTL 39000 series 40' Double-Sheathed Wood Box Car, Single Sliding Door, vertical Brake Wheel MTL 40000 series 40' Outside-Braced Box Car, 1½ Sliding Door, vertical Brake Wheel MTL 41000 series 40' Double Sheathed Wood Box Car, 1½ Sliding Door, vertical Brake Wheel MTL 42000 series 40' Double-Sheathed Wood Box Car, Single Sliding Door MTL 43000 series 40' Double Sheathed Wood Box Car, 1½ Sliding Door MTL 12000 series 40' AAR/USRA Steel Box Car, Single Door (several variations) Atl 40' Box Car PlugDoor (now Trainman, needs GMM walkways + stirrups) Atl 40' PS-1 Box Car (now Trainman, needs GMM walkways + stirrups) Atl 41xxx 40' USRA Single-Sheathed Box Car Atl 457xx 40' USRA Double Sheathed Box Car Atl 458xx 40' USRA Steel Rebuilt Box Car Atl 500001xx 40' 1932 ARA Steel Box Car Deluxe 1944 AAR 40' Boxcar FVM 900xx 40' Milwaukee Long Rib Box Car FVM 901xx 40' Milwaukee Dbl Door Short Rib Box Car FVM 902xx 40' Milwaukee Short Rib Box Car IM 657xx 1937 AAR 40' Boxcar IM 658xx 10'6" Modified AAR 40' Boxcar IM 660xx 12 Panel 40' Boxcar IM 668xx Modified AAR 40' Boxcar FNS 2006 40' X-31A boxcar round top single door (kit!) FNS 2008 40' X-31 boxcar round top double door (kit!) FNS 2010 40' M-53 Wagon Top Boxcar Plain Door (kit!) FNS 2011 40' M-53 Wagon Top Boxcar Ribbed Door (kit!) JnJ 344-1277 40' Horizontal Rib Side Box Car (kit) ESM 225x Magor/AC&F 40' XIH Boxcar (announced, not yet available) The cars above seem to be available today. Older cars by Rivarossi, Roco, Trix etc. are left out here. There are also 40' cars by Bachmann, Model Power, Life-Like and others, that are similar to the Atlas Trainman cars. As always, your comments and additions are welcome. :tb-cool:
