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S-Helper Service Box Car, Externally-braced

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00063

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Color: box-car red.

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00750

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)

Road Number:

40253

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Part of a three-car set, SHS #00344 (no other road numbers specified).

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01831

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Prototype Year/Era:

1913

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

Road Number:

187267

Prototype Class:

M-24

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Also produced as SHS #01832 (road number 187498). These models have wood doors. The second photo of SHS #00071 (road number 167051), by Ed Kirstatter, is labeled as class M-24, but the number assigned to this model was really of a class M-24D which were converted by the B&O in 1950-51 to an auto parts car to carry Chevrolet rear axles. These models have corrugated doors. Note also that for these models SHS used the wrong font on the lettering giving an incorrect type of ampersand.


(image copyright © (S-Helper Service stock photo))

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00075

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Road Number:

230471

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

The road number is apparently incorrect for how this car is detailed.


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01833

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)

Road Number:

20008

Model Introduced:

2003

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Also produced as SHS #01834 (road number 20391), and as a three-car set, SHS #00345, which also included SHS #00751 (CNW road number 145307).


(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01281

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)

Road Number:

92161

Model Introduced:

2003

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Also produced as SHS #01282 (no road number specified).


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00751

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Chicago & North Western (CNW)

Road Number:

145307

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

This car was part of SHS #00345, which was a three-car set that also included two CNJ cars.


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00069

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)

Road Number:

25321

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Also produced as SHS #00068 (road number 13501).


(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00142

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Clinchfield Railroad (CRR)

Road Number:

8051

Model Introduced:

1997

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00143

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Erie Railroad (ERIE)

Road Number:

92512

Model Introduced:

1997

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00425

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

freelance: Glencoe Skokie Valley

Road Number:

2084

Model Introduced:

2000

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

NMRA Heritage car #10. Ed Ravenscroft's "Glencoe Skokie Valley".


(image copyright © Bill Winans)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00074

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

freelance: Great Gulch Yahoo Valley & Northern

Road Number:

77569

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

NMRA Heritage car #06. Al Kalmbach's "Great Gulch Yahoo Valley & Northern" which he started in 1928.


(image copyright © Bill Winans)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Ivorydale & Mill Creek Valley (IMCV)

Model Introduced:

2004

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Produced by S-Helper Service for the Miami Valley S Gaugers who hosted the May 2005 Spring S Spree. The Ivorydale & Millcreek Valley is a shortline owned by Proctor & Gamble, based in Cincinnati.

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01835

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Maine Central (MEC)

Road Number:

36106

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Also produced as SHS #01836 (road number 36180; see second photo by Holt Apgar).


(image copyright © (S-Helper Service stock photo))

(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00144

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Milwaukee Road (MILW)

Road Number:

700112

Model Introduced:

1997

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01283

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Milwaukee Road (MILW)

Road Number:

70022

Model Introduced:

2003

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

CM&SP. Also produced as SHS #01284 (no road number specified).


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01285

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT)

Road Number:

77778

Model Introduced:

2003

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Also produced as SHS #01286 (no road number specified).


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00073

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Prototype Year/Era:

1919

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Road Number:

277361

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


(image copyright © Roger Nulton)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00752

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Road Number:

80912

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Lettered for the Michigan Central Railroad (MCRR). Part of a three-car set, SHS #00350 (other road numbers not specified).


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00146

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Pacific Electric (PE)

Road Number:

2712

Model Introduced:

1997

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


(image copyright © (S-Helper Service stock photo))

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01839

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Prototype Year/Era:

1919

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Road Number:

44824

Prototype Class:

X26

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Circle Keystone scheme. Also produced as SHS #01840 (road number 45319, see second photo by Holt Apgar), SHS #00066 (road number 564281), and SHS #00067 (road number 518392). Note that for the second run of these cars (the 018xx numbers), the first letter "N" was missing in the road name. The first run (the 0006x numbers) did not have this problem. According to Don Thompson, the issue was that the font in the digital drawings put the letter too close to the vertical brace, which then caused the factory's equipment to not apply the letter. Unfortunately, it was not caught during quality-control. C-D-S decal set #S-310 provides a letter "N" that is a close match.


(image copyright © Peter Vanvliet)

(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00145

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Prototype Year/Era:

1919

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Road Number:

499212

Prototype Class:

X26

Model Introduced:

1997

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

M.O.W.


(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00070

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Portland Terminal (PTM)

Road Number:

2081

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Designed for paper loading.


(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

(image copyright © Holt Apgar)

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01837

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Reading (RDG)

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Also produced as SHS #01838 (no road number specified for either car in the S-Helper Service's documentation).

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01845

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac (RFP)

Road Number:

280

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

Express car. Also produced as SHS #01846 (road number 282).


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00141

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Rutland (RUT)

Road Number:

7999

Model Introduced:

1997

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00072

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Southern Pacific (SP)

Road Number:

26541

Model Introduced:

1996

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00753

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Union Pacific (UP)

Road Number:

903643

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'

Notes:

This is part of a three-car set (SHS #00352). The set includes this externally-braced box car, the steel rebuilt box car UP #181962, and the UP stock car #48216.

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00147

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Wabash (WAB)

Road Number:

76012

Model Introduced:

1997

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


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Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01287

Category:

Box Car, Externally-braced

Road Name:

Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (WAG)

Road Number:

7017

Model Introduced:

2003

Product Type:

Plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Prototype Dimensions:

40'


(image copyright © Bob Werre)
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