Uncataloged RailKing O Gauge 50' Modern Boxcar Announced

March 15, 2022 - M.T.H. Electric Trains is producing an uncataloged RailKing O Gauge 50' Modern Boxcar in special Honoring Law Enforcement livery for M.T.H. Authorized Retailer Trainworld in Brooklyn, New York. Each car is limited in production and available in two car numbers and is anticipated to arrive in May 2022.

Item No. 30-71086 Honoring Law Enforcement 50' Modern Boxcar
Car No. 3194
Pre-Order Price: $64.99 (plus freight)
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Item No. 30-71087 Honoring Law Enforcement 50' Modern Boxcar
Car No. 911
Pre-Order Price: $64.99 (plus freight)
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ABOUT THE 50' MODERN BOXCAR

Our 50’ modern boxcar is modeled on the fleet of cars originally built for Railbox service in the 1970s and early 1980s. Formed in 1974 as a subsidiary of Trailer Train Company (now TTX Company), Railbox did for box cars what Trailer Train had done earlier for piggybacking: established a pool of cars that could be used by all member railroads, without the burden of routing rules that prioritized empty cars for return to their home railroad. With its slogan of "Next Load, Any Road!", Railbox strove to minimize empty backhauls and keep loaded cars flowing wherever needed, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

The initial 1974 Railbox order was for 10,000 boxcars with the reporting marks RBOX, supplied by a variety of car builders including Pullman-Standard, American Car and Foundry, and FMC. The 50’ RBOX cars exemplified modern boxcar design at the time: welded rather than riveted construction; exterior support posts to maximize interior space and provide a smooth interior wall; and a lack of roof walks, which had been outlawed in the 1960s for safety reasons. With roof access no longer needed, the cars’ end ladders only went partway up the sides, to allow crew members to ride the cars during switching moves.

Beginning in the 1980s, the need for boxcars — once a mainstay of American freight trains — began to shrink as loads that had formerly moved in boxcars shifted over to containers. Many Railbox cars were sold off to other railroads and repainted in a variety of paint schemes. Although the earliest RBOX cars are approaching the end of their legal 40-year service life, many are still plying the rails for various owners, and TTX Company still supplies 50’ and 60’ RailBox boxcars throughout North America.

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Trainworld
751 McDonald Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11218
718-436-7072

www.trainworld.com
Orders@trainworld.com

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing the RailKing O Gauge ES44 Diesel Locomotives in four select liveries in 2022. Each of these unique schemes will be available in limited production quantities and will begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in August 2022

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These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.

M.T.H. Electric Trains will be releasing several limited-edition releases of RailKing ES44 Diesel/Caboose Sets later this Fall beginning this week with the unveiling of the popular General Electric GEVO scheme. The 2022 configuration features a matching RailKing Steel Caboose sporting car number 2022. In addition, a matching RailKing Boxcar with Operating Power Meters is also being offered. The Power Meter car will go great with this year's offerings or previous runs of the RailKing GEVO scheme which first began appearing in the M.T.H. RailKing lineup in 2013. Each of these offerings is expected to begin shipping to M.T.H. Authorized Retailers in September 2022.

Check out each of these offerings HERE.

These items are available to order from your local M.T.H. Authorized Retailer.