B&O box car designers in the late 1960s were looking for a better way to transport canstock. Canstock is thin steel or aluminum used for can making. After several test designs, the B&O approached Pullman Standard to build a box car using the data the B&O had collected. In 1972, the result was a 50' box car with a severely offset 12' 6" door opening. The doors on the car were not identical as one door opened to the right and the other to the left and each door has unique latching hardware. Additionally, a fiberglass roof panel was used on the 4th panel from the B end of the car to allow light in the car as the doors were located at the opposite end.
The Fox Valley model features all new tooling with crisp detail including different roof panels and doors depending on the era. They are decorated with sharp lettering and include knuckle couplers, photo etched end walk ways and FVM metal wheels