Railway 1 rendering issue

[David M]

See the attached image... Railway 1 looks great in the shaded perspective view. When I start to render it shows up as a giant metal wall. I checked for a displacement? Ideas why it's rendering different than what's showing in the viewport??

[iToo]

It seems as if some value doesn't match with the scene's units, but this object doesn't use displacement maps or other effects. I don't know what is causing the problem.

Please, send us the railway in a stripped scene, i will check it.

[iToo]

Thanks for the file. The Display->Render mode is set to "Boxes", but it should be "Mesh". The box mode is used for fast preview renders (rarely used).