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A storage container for model railroad cars includes a pair of spaced apart foam cushions on the top and bottom of the container. The cushions compress and secure the railroad cars in fixed position in the storage container. The cushions are cut from a single piece of foam material.

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In combination with a model railway car including a top, a bottom, a pair of sides, a pair of ends, and wheels attached to the bottom, a storage container for protecting and transporting the model railway car laid on a side of the railway car in the container, the storage container including (a) a b

In combination with a model railway car including a top, a bottom, a pair of sides, a pair of ends, and wheels attached to the bottom, a storage container for protecting and transporting the model railway car laid on a side of the railway car in the container, the storage container including (a) a box having (i) a bottom, (ii) a pair of spaced apart opposing end walls attached to and upwardly extending from said bottom, (iii) a front wall attached to and upwardly extending from said bottom, (iv) a back wall attached to and upwardly extending from said bottom, and (v) a closed top attached to said back wall, having an underside, and generally parallel to said bottom; and (b) resilient cushion means to secure the railway car laid on a side of the railway car in the container, said cushion means including (i) a primary cushion member (11) extending over and contacting said bottom of said box and including an outer surface (29,30) and an elongate U-shaped groove formed in said outer surface, said groove including a resiliently compressed floor (15) contacting and supporting one side of the railway car (18) and including a pair of resiliently compressed spaced apart surfaces extending outwardly from said floor and each contacting and generating a compressive force against one end of the railway car, and (ii) at least one secondary cushion member (13,14) secured to said underside of said top of said box such that said secondary cushion member extends over said U-shaped groove and is spaced apart from said primary cushion member, said secondary cushion member conforming to said U-shaped groove and being cut from said primary cushion member to form said U-shaped groove therein, said secondary cushion member including a resiliently compressed surface (28) opposing said floor of said U-shaped groove and contacting and generating a compressive force against the other side of the railway car to press said one side of the railway car against said floor; said bottom and wheels of said railway car generally being positioned intermediate said floor and said compressed surface (28) of said secondary cushion member without contacting said floor (15) and said compressed surface (28) of said secondary cushion, and being subjected to compressive forces acting normal to said bottom and parallel both to said floor and said compressed surface of said secondary cushion member.