The X23 boxcar was a 40-foot standard box car of the Pennsylvania Railroad, built from 1911 to 1915 in a run of more than 6.900 cars in total. The car featured a steel under-frame and wood sheathing, making it extremely light compared to older cars. The X23 served as a new standard design and it was also the base for the R7 refrigerator car, the X24 Automobile car and many other examples of rolling stock from the Pennsylvania Railroad.
During WWII, the Pennsylvania Railroad had a shortage of cabooses. It was decided in 1943 to re-build some of the X23 boxcars into cabooses, which were named the NX23 class cabin car.
After WWII, new types of freight cars started to arrive and the X23 boxcars were quickly outdated. During the late 1940s and 1950s, the X23 boxcars were scrapped with some of the cars being assigned to work equipment services. A handful of X23 and NX23 boxcars survived until the 1960s.
This highly detailed model for Train Simulator, developed by 3DZUG and Trains & Drivers, represents this icon American Steam Era boxcar as it was used after WWII and in the 1950s.
Key Features
- X23 boxcar of the Pennsylvania Railroad
- Custom numbering : 400 001 - 40105 & 501 001 - 501 852
- Faithfully created model for Train Simulator
- Different wearings and weatherings included (randomly selected)
- Highly detailed models with steel-frame and wood sheathing
- Custom sounds
- Bettenheim trucks (post 1940)
- Buckeye couplers
- Era: Late 1940s -1950s
- Download size: 141.7 MB
