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Rapido Trains HO PC&F 5241 boxcar

By Cody Grivno | July 3, 2025

The “Berlin Mills” boxcar is offered in 12 paint schemes

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Rapido Trains HO PC&F 5241 boxcar

Scale: HO (1:87.1)

Price: Single car, $54.95; three-pack, $164.85; six-pack, $329.70

Manufacturer: Rapido Trains, 382 High St, Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com

Color photo jade green boxcar with silver roof and white graphics on white background

Rapido Trains HO PC&F 5241 boxcar features:

  • Factory-installed and painted wire grab irons
  • Full underbody detail
  • Multiple road numbers for each scheme
  • Rapido semi-scale metal couplers
  • Roller-bearing trucks with turned metal wheelsets
  • Scaled from prototype measurements and photos of Pacific Car & Foundry 5,241-cubic-foot capacity prototype
  • Three door styles

Release date: Available now

Road names: Berlin Mills Ry. (light green), BKTY (brown and two Berlin Mills patchout versions), Boston & Maine (two-tone blue), East Erie Commercial (two Berlin Mills patchout versions), Guilford (white with Boston & Maine reporting marks), Pan Am Railways (blue and gray with BM marks), Olympic RR (brown), St. Lawrence & Atlantic (brown), and Saratoga & North Creek (mineral red). Also available undecorated (model includes optional parts).

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