News & Reviews News Walthers HO 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar

Walthers HO 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar

By Cody Grivno | October 1, 2025

The Mainline series model is offered in eight paint schemes

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Walthers HO 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar

Scale: HO (1:87.1)

Price: $34.98

Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com

Color photo of brown HO scale boxcar with red, white, and black graphics on white background

Walthers HO 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar features:

  • 5-5-5 Murphy steel ends
  • 33” turned-metal wheels on plastic axles
  • Detailed AB brake gear
  • Andrews trucks
  • Based on later rebuilds and upgrades of older, wood boxcars
  • Body-mounted Proto-Max metal couplers
  • Detailed one-piece body simulates double-sheathed construction
  • Fish-belly underframe
  • Flat steel roof
  • Screw-mounted plastic draft-gear box covers
  • Simulated wood running board with fastener detail, laterals, and molded grab irons
  • Vertical handbrake staff

Release date: Available now

Road names: Northern Pacific; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Florida East Coast; New York Central; Northwestern Pacific; Rock Island; St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); and St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt). Four road numbers per paint scheme.

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