B2 40' 12 panel box car, Vermilion Red, Slanted road name HO scale

HO scale, with trucks and magnetic couplers. Six car numbers available. These models of Great Northern 12 panel, 40’ 6” inside length box cars by InterMountain are numbered in series 18000 to 19499. The prototype cars were built in 1949. Cars 18000-18499 were 10’ Inside Height, provided 3715 cubic feet of space and were equipped with Superior doors. Cars 18500-19499 were 10-2 Inside Height, provided 3775 cubic feet of space and were equipped with Youngstown doors. The difference in inside height reflects the presence of an interior ceiling in the 10 foot high cars, and no ceiling in the 10-2 high cars. Exterior dimensions are the same. This lot of cars were painted mineral red when built. When production of the 12 panel box cars ended in 1951, the 3,975 cars of this design were 19% of the box car roster. Most of them lasted to and beyond the BN merger. If you are modeling 1950-1970, you should have a significant number of these cars in your fleet. The models are correctly painted Vermi