S-Helper Service 2-8-0: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

S-Helper Service

01072

2-8-0

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

E-27

S

2006

Plastic

painted & lettered

view

The S-Helper Service 2-8-0 was based on the B&O E-27 class engine. S-scale modeler and manufacturer Geoffrey Graeber wrote an article in the February 1998 issue of Mainline Modeler documenting this prototype locomotive.
These models were produced as follows:
SHS #01052: red roof, AC/DC, LocoMatic sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01053: red roof, AC/DC, LocoMatic sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01583: black roof, AC/DC, LocoMatic sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01072: red roof, DCC, sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01073: red roof, DCC, sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01584: black roof, DCC, sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01092: red roof, DC, no sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01093: red roof, DC, no sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01585: black roof, DC, no sound, hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01752: red roof, AC/DC, LocoMatic sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01753: red roof, AC/DC, LocoMatic sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01586: black roof, AC/DC, LocoMatic sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01772: red roof, DCC, sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01773: red roof, DCC, sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01587: black roof, DCC, sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01792: red roof, DC, no sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01793: red roof, DC, no sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01588: black roof, DC, no sound, scale wheels.
SHS #01805: 10a tender with hi-rail wheels.
SHS #01806: 10a tender with scale wheels.

The first run of DCC-enabled engines used the 1-amp Soundtraxx Tsunami decoders, but they would get hot and shut down. In subsequent runs, the company used the QSI sound decoder, which was rated for 1.5amps.