Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3200
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted, not lettered
Notes:
The old kit version used to be part #300.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3203
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Road Number:
233665
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #303.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3201
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Road Number:
62361
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #301.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3215
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)
Road Number:
190371
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #315.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3220
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Clinchfield Railroad (CRR)
Road Number:
44259
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)
Road Number:
137162
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. NMRA special car.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3212
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW)
Road Number:
18203
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #312.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3204
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Erie Railroad (ERIE)
Road Number:
220671
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #304.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1927
Road Name:
Ford (FRDX)
Road Number:
1986
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
This was the 1986 NASG convention car (it sold out before the convention even started!). Also available with road number 2003.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3217
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Interstate (INT)
Road Number:
6012
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3216
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Lehigh Valley (LV)
Road Number:
25017
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Also available with road number 25008.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3206
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Road Number:
823809
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. Available with either a red or a black body color. The old kit version used to be part #306.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3219
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)
Road Number:
120008
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3205
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Norfolk & Western (N&W)
Road Number:
38820
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #305.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3208
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Peabody Short Line (PSL)
Road Number:
6668
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #308.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3207
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1942
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Road Number:
220373
Prototype Class:
H31
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #307.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3214
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Reading (RDG)
Road Number:
80582
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #314.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3211
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Road Number:
13026
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #311.
Manufacturer:
American Models
Manufacturer ID:
309
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Southern Railway (SOU)
Road Number:
107533
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic Kit
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Red body color.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3209
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Southern Railway (SOU)
Road Number:
107530
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Black body color. Available in 4 or 5 road numbers.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3210
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Union Pacific (UP)
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #310.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3213
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Virginian (VGN)
Road Number:
2131
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #313.
Manufacturer:
American Models (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
3202
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Western Maryland (WM)
Road Number:
16438
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available in 4 or 5 road numbers. The old kit version used to be part #302.
Manufacturer:
Cleveland Model & Supply
Manufacturer ID:
RH-1
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL)
Prototype Class:
HM
Model Introduced:
1937
Product Type:
Wood & Cardboard Kit
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Capacity:
55-ton
Notes:
NYC herald.
Manufacturer:
Cleveland Model & Supply
Manufacturer ID:
RH-4
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Illinois Central (IC)
Prototype Class:
HM
Model Introduced:
1937
Product Type:
Wood & Cardboard Kit
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Capacity:
55-ton
Manufacturer:
Cleveland Model & Supply
Manufacturer ID:
RH-3
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Southern Railway (SOU)
Prototype Class:
HM
Model Introduced:
1937
Product Type:
Wood & Cardboard Kit
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Capacity:
55-ton
Manufacturer:
Downs Model Railroad Co.
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Delaware & Hudson (DH)
Road Number:
12312
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
Downs Model Railroad Co.
Manufacturer ID:
HO-112
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Lehigh Valley (LV)
Road Number:
25634
Model Introduced:
1988
Product Type:
Plastic Kit
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Downs Model Railroad used an American Models hopper body, Ace bolster and trucks, and American Flyer couplers to produce this model.
Manufacturer:
Downs Model Railroad Co.
Manufacturer ID:
HO-113
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)
Road Number:
120825
Model Introduced:
1988
Product Type:
Plastic Kit
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Downs Model Railroad used an American Models hopper body, Ace bolster and trucks, and American Flyer couplers to produce this model.
Manufacturer:
Downs Model Railroad Co.
Manufacturer ID:
HO-109
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1905
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Road Number:
901452
Prototype Class:
GLa
Model Introduced:
1988
Product Type:
Plastic Kit
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Also produced as road number 703452 and 250391.
Manufacturer:
G and W Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
These were American Models kits built by G&W Models and painted and lettered.
Manufacturer:
G and W Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Erie Lackawanna (EL)
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
These were American Models kits built by G&W Models and painted and lettered.
Manufacturer:
G and W Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Pittsburgh & Shahmut (PSR)
Model Introduced:
1985
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
These were American Models kits built by G&W Models and painted and lettered.
Manufacturer:
Hoquat Hobbies
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1919
Road Name:
Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
Road Number:
65514
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Produced by S-Helper Service as a special run for Hoquat Hobbies. Sold in three-car sets or single. The second photo shows Hoquat's photo.
Manufacturer:
Hoquat Hobbies
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W)
Road Number:
81193
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Hoquat commissioned S-Helper Service to make this hopper. Sold in three-car sets or single.
Manufacturer:
Hoquat Hobbies
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Public Service
Road Number:
0381
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Hoquat commissioned S-Helper Service to make this hopper. Sold in three-car sets or single.
Manufacturer:
Iron Rail Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Model Introduced:
2012
Notes:
"Deluxe Hopper Conversion Kit". The company sold a kit that allowed the modeler to convert an existing A.C. Gilbert A.F. hopper car to a more detailed "scale" model car. These kits could convert a two-bay open hopper car or a covered hopper car. Each kit contained one set of die-cast sprung friction bearing trucks (scale or hi-rail), a pair of bolsters, air reservoir, triple valve, brake cylinder, a pre-formed trainline, wire for brake piping, brass grating for the brakewheel platform, screws, and brakewheel with housing.
Manufacturer:
K-Line
Manufacturer ID:
K511-035
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Interstate (INT)
Road Number:
6012
Model Introduced:
2005
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
O-27 bodies with S-scale trucks.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-48637
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Road Number:
187227
Model Introduced:
2014
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-44090
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Road Number:
727056
Model Introduced:
2018
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Four other road numbers available.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
2119262
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Road Number:
122527
Model Introduced:
2021
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available with four other road numbers.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-49200
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Chessie System
Model Introduced:
1979
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-44095
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Great Northern (GN)
Road Number:
73202
Model Introduced:
2018
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Four other road numbers available.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
2119281
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Milwaukee Road (MILW)
Road Number:
94005
Model Introduced:
2021
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available with four other road numbers.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-44100
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Road Number:
870048
Model Introduced:
2018
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Four other road numbers available.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
2119291
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Nickel Plate Road (NKP)
Road Number:
33335
Model Introduced:
2021
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available with four other road numbers.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-44105
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Reading (RDG)
Road Number:
88030
Model Introduced:
2018
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Four other road numbers available.
Manufacturer:
Lionel (click for web site)
Manufacturer ID:
6-48876
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Reading (RDG)
Road Number:
81001
Model Introduced:
2015
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
2119271
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF)
Road Number:
91601
Model Introduced:
2021
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
Available with four other road numbers.
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-48635
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
The Hershey Company
Road Number:
48635
Model Introduced:
2014
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
Lionel
Manufacturer ID:
6-48633
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Union Pacific (UP)
Model Introduced:
2009
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Manufacturer:
Pennsy S Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Norfolk & Western (N&W)
Prototype Class:
H-9
Product Type:
Brass
Notes:
This is a pilot model for a Pennsy S Models project that never went into production.
Manufacturer:
Perma-Bilt Models
Manufacturer ID:
9154
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
pre-printed
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Prototype Dimensions:
33'
Notes:
The kit is an assembled metal frame to which the modeler is to glue the pre-painted metal sides.
Manufacturer:
Perma-Bilt Models
Manufacturer ID:
9155
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Chicago Great Western (CGW)
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
pre-printed
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Prototype Dimensions:
33'
Notes:
The kit is an assembled metal frame to which the modeler is to glue the pre-painted metal sides.
Manufacturer:
Perma-Bilt Models
Manufacturer ID:
9156
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W)
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
pre-printed
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Prototype Dimensions:
33'
Notes:
The kit is an assembled metal frame to which the modeler is to glue the pre-painted metal sides.
Manufacturer:
Perma-Bilt Models
Manufacturer ID:
9157
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Great Northern (GN)
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
pre-printed
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Prototype Dimensions:
33'
Notes:
The kit is an assembled metal frame to which the modeler is to glue the pre-painted metal sides.
Manufacturer:
Perma-Bilt Models
Manufacturer ID:
9159
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Lehigh Valley (LV)
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
pre-printed
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Prototype Dimensions:
33'
Notes:
The kit is an assembled metal frame to which the modeler is to glue the pre-painted metal sides.
Manufacturer:
Perma-Bilt Models
Manufacturer ID:
9158
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Virginian (VGN)
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
pre-printed
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Prototype Dimensions:
33'
Notes:
The kit is an assembled metal frame to which the modeler is to glue the pre-painted metal sides.
Manufacturer:
Quality Craft Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1912
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Road Number:
723459
Prototype Class:
N-23
Product Type:
Wood & Metal Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Capacity:
50-ton
Notes:
The kit does not include trucks nor couplers. The straight bottom sill makes it very similar to the USRA standard of 1919. Additional details were added by Ed, and Kadee #808 couplers and S-Helpers Service Andrews trucks were installed. The decals were made by Edward Sauers in 2014.
Manufacturer:
Quality Craft Models
Manufacturer ID:
101
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Norfolk & Western (N&W)
Product Type:
Wood & Metal Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Supplemental:
Notes:
The kit does not include trucks nor couplers, but does include decals.
Manufacturer:
Quality Craft Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1949
Road Name:
Western Maryland (WM)
Road Number:
21249
Product Type:
Wood & Metal Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Capacity:
55-ton
Notes:
The kit does not include trucks nor couplers. Decals for the Speed lettering scheme. The added trucks are by Rex Engineering and the couplers by Kadee (#802). A few other extra parts not with the kit are cut levers, pressure release rod, and complete brake piping, levers, and rods.
Manufacturer:
River Raisin Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1920
Model Introduced:
1997
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Capacity:
55-ton
Notes:
There were a total of 225 of these USRA-spec, as-built, models manufactured in China by Cheyenne Industries, Inc. (the first time River Raisin had a product produced in China).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01176
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted, not lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Black body color.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01177
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted, not lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Red body color.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01178
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Road Number:
320482
Prototype Class:
N-17
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
This is a three-car set.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01179
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Road Number:
321894
Prototype Class:
N-17
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
02073
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Road Number:
4215
Model Introduced:
2010
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as:
SHS #02074 (road number 5212)
SHS #02075 (road number 5373)
SHS #02076 (road number 5414)
SHS #02158 which was a three-car set
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01900
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Buffalo Creek & Gauley (BC&G)
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Produced as:
SHS #01900 (#1045)
SHS #01901 (#1346)
SHS #01902 (#1441)
SHS #01903 (#1540)
SHS #02157 was a three-car set composed of three of the above.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01181
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
Road Number:
65001
Prototype Class:
HM
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Model Online Article:
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01180, which was a three-car set with road numbers in the range of 65000 to 65499 (#65414 was one of them). Individual models were produced as SHS #01297 and SHS #01296 (both of which were created specifically for Hoquat Hobbies).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01649
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
Road Number:
62361
Model Introduced:
2005
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
For the following products the S-Helper Service documentation only lists the range of road numbers as being 62000-63999: SHS #01646, SHS #01647, SHS #01648, SHS #01649. However, for the following they list the road numbers: SHS #01904 (road number 62385), SHS #01905 (road number 62396).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01183
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CBQ)
Road Number:
18172
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01182, which was a set of three cars.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01299
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W)
Road Number:
81714
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01298 (both of which were created specifically for Hoquat Hobbies).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01185
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
International Harvester Company
Road Number:
201
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01184, which was a three-car set, with road numbers in the range of 201 to 700.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01187
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Louisville & Nashville (LN)
Road Number:
86573, 86994
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01186, which was a three-car set.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01191
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
New York Central (NYC)
Road Number:
837682
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01190 which was a three-car set with road numbers in the range of 420000 to 420999.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01189
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)
Road Number:
120154
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced with road number 120713. Also produced as a three-car set SHS #01188.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01193
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
New York, Ontario & Western (NYOW)
Road Number:
18141
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01192 which was a three-car set (containing road numbers 18005, 18318, and 18319).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01204
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Norfolk & Western (N&W)
Road Number:
111905
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01203 (a three-car set), and SHS #01202 (a single car, no road number provided). Note that the concept drawing shown here is for the heap-shield version of this car, which SHS was in the process of designing when the Chinese factory canceled all orders (the car was eventually produced by MTH based on this design).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01207
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Peabody Short Line (PSL)
Road Number:
6601
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01206 which was a three-car set with no road numbers given.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01195
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1919
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Road Number:
220152
Prototype Class:
GLd
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01194 which was a three-car set with road numbers in the range of 220000-220299.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01907
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1919
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Road Number:
220187
Prototype Class:
GLd
Model Introduced:
2006
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Model Online Article:
Notes:
These had the "Coal goes to War" slogan. Also produced as SHS #01906 (road number 220126, see second photo by S-Helper Service).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01301
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Public Service
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01300 (both of which were created specifically for Hoquat Hobbies).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01197
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Reading (RDG)
Road Number:
73681
Model Introduced:
2004
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #02077 (road number 73645), SHS #02078 (road number 74186), and SHS #01196 (a three-car set with road numbers 73681, 72572, 73513; see second photo by Bill Lane).
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Manufacturer ID:
01652
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Road Name:
Waddell Coal Mining Company (WDLX)
Road Number:
103
Model Introduced:
2006
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
32'
Notes:
Also produced as SHS #01651 (road number 102), SHS #01650 (road number 101, see second photo by S-Helper Service), SHS #01653 (road number 104), and SHS #02156 which was a three car set (road numbers 101 to 103).
Manufacturer:
Scenery Unlimited
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Model Introduced:
1982
Product Type:
Wood Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
It is a 8-panel, ribbed, two-bay hopper with peaked ends. Frank Titman did a review on this kit in RMC. He described it has consisting of wood mainly, with soft-metal details. Trucks and couplers were not included with the kit.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1923
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Road Number:
707938
Prototype Class:
GLc
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
painted, lettered & unpainted
Notes:
Bill's model arrived factory-painted. The model Includes trucks and Kadee S-scale #802 couplers.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1941
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Road Number:
263651
Prototype Class:
GLca
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
painted, lettered & unpainted
Model Online Article:
Notes:
Also with road number 699999.
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Manufacturer ID:
SWM-0029
Category:
Hopper, 2-bay Open Top
Prototype Year/Era:
1949
Road Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Prototype Class:
H31c
Model Introduced:
1988
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
All-steel hopper. The model was manufactured by Duck Yoo Corp, Korea. The second photo is by Bill Winans of the unpainted original.