HO 40' Grain Loading Box Car ATSF #21845 (RND-1845)

HO-scale 40' Grain-Loading Box Car in Santa Fe livery (ATSF #21845) recreates the grain-hauling box cars that carried agricultural shipments before the rise of grain hoppers. This model captures the mid‑century look and feel of typical grain traffic, with many 40' grain loading box cars in service well into the 1980s and 1990s.

Key details include a separately-applied brake wheel, machined metal wheels with RP25 contours, and weight for smooth on-layout performance, plus body-mounted McHenry operating scale-knuckle couplers for reliable connections. The highly detailed injection-molded body is painted and printed for realistic decoration, and the car features a 15" minimum radius to suit most HO layouts. This model is offered in Legendary Liveries, an exclusive Athearn line of iconic or alternate Santa Fe paint schemes—ideal for collectors or protofreelance scenes. In prototype terms, grain box cars were the go-to freight cars for grain transport from the early 1900s through the 1970s, with many continuing in service into the 1980s and 1990s.