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.
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.
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).
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).
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.
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).
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'
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'
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".
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.
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).
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'
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).
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).
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'
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).
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'
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.
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.
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.
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).
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'
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'
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'