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S-Helper Service Waddell Coal Mining Company (WDLX) Steel, Open-top, 2-bay Hoppers

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01176

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Length:

32'

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

This version has the black body color.


(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01177

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Length:

32'

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

This version has the red body color.


(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01178

Additional IDs:

01179

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1952 (built 1919)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

Class:

N-17

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

320001, 320482, 320733, 321894

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01178 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


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Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

02073

Additional IDs:

02074, 02075

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1956 (built 1919)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

Class:

HM

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2010

Road Number(s):

4215, 5212, 5373

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © Jim Hammond; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bob Frascella; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bob Frascella; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bob Frascella; used by permission)

(image copyright © Bob Frascella; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01900

Additional IDs:

01901, 01902, 01903

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1914

Length:

32'

Volume:

1682cuft

Road Name:

Buffalo Creek & Gauley (BC&G)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Road Number(s):

1045, 1346, 1441, 1540

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © Brooks Stover; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01180

Additional IDs:

01181

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1948 (built 1919)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)

Class:

HM

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

65001, 65163, 65172, 65414

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Online Article:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01180 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

 (image copyright © S-Helper Service)
This was another run S-Helper Service had planned, which they had to stop due to the Chinese manufacturer no longer accepting contracts.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01296

Additional IDs:

01297

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1942 (built 1918)

Length:

32'

Road Name:

Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

65041, 65182, 65373, 65514

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01298 is a three-car set. The other is a single car. These were a special run done for Hoquat Hobbies.


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Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01646

Additional IDs:

01647, 01648, 01649, 01904, 01905

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1932 (built 1919)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1933cuft

Road Name:

Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2005

Road Number(s):

62361, 62343, ?????, ?????, 63385, 63396

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


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Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01182

Additional IDs:

01183

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Colorado & Southern (C&S)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

18001, 18172, 18283, ?????

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01182 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01298

Additional IDs:

01299

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1942

Length:

32'

Road Name:

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (DL&W)

Class:

HM

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

81081, 81102, 81193, 81714

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01298 is a three-car set. The other is a single car. These were a special run done for Hoquat Hobbies.


(image copyright © Scale America; used by permission)

(image copyright © Scale America; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service (click for web site)

Manufacturer ID:

01658

Additional IDs:

01659, 01664

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1942

Length:

32'

Road Name:

freelance: Spiral Hill (SHRR)

Class:

HTj

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2006

Road Number(s):

1921, 1961, 1990

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

This was a special run done for the Lehigh Valley S Gaugers to honor the famous S-scale modeler and manufacturer Frank Titman and his private-label railroad. The road numbers are as follows:
1921: the year Frank was born.
1961: the year he helped form the Delaware Valley S Gauge club.
1990: the year the club renamed itself the Lehigh Valley S Gaugers club.


(image copyright © Bill Winans; used by permission)

 (image copyright © Jim Kindraka; used by permission)
At the time of photography, this model was owned by Bob Nicholson.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01184

Additional IDs:

01185

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1952 (built 1920)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

International Harvester Company (IHCX)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

201, 233, 572, 694

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01184 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


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Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01186

Additional IDs:

01187

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1951 (built 1921)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Louisville & Nashville (LN)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

86471, 86573, 86762, 86994

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01186 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

(image copyright © John Degnan; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01190

Additional IDs:

01191

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1942 (built 1921)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

New York Central (NYC)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

837453, 837682, 838071, 838494

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01190 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01188

Additional IDs:

01189

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1950 (built 1918)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)

Class:

HM

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

120162, 120713, 120821, 120154

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01188 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © Holt Apgar; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01192

Additional IDs:

01193

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1913

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

New York, Ontario & Western (NYOW)

Class:

HM

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

18005, 18318, 18319, 18141

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01192 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01202

Additional IDs:

01203, 01204

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Length:

32'

Volume:

1881cuft

Road Name:

Norfolk & Western (N&W)

Class:

H26

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

114001, 111572, 112103, 113014, 111905

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01202 is a three-car set. The others are single cars.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

 (image copyright © S-Helper Service)
This concept drawing 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).

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01206

Additional IDs:

01207

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1957 (built 1919)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Peabody Short Line (PSL)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

6601, 6632, 6643, 6624

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01206 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

(image copyright © Jim Hammond; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01194

Additional IDs:

01195

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1937 (built 1919)

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Class:

GLd

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

220021, 220152, 220183, 220214

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01194 is a three-car set. The other is a single car. This version is different from SHS #01906 and 01907, in that it doesn't have the slogan.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01906

Additional IDs:

01907

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Year/Era:

1919

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Class:

GLd

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2006

Road Number(s):

220126, 220187

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Online Article:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

This version is different from SHS #01194 and 01195, in that it has the "Coal Goes to War" slogan.


(image copyright © Peter Vanvliet; used by permission)

(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01300

Additional IDs:

01301

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Length:

32'

Road Name:

Public Service Electric Co (PSEX)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

0162, 0381, 0517, 0194

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01300 is a three-car set. The other is a single car. These were a special run done for Hoquat Hobbies.


(image copyright © Scale America; used by permission)

(image copyright © Scale America; used by permission)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01196

Additional IDs:

01197

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Length:

32'

Volume:

1880cuft

Road Name:

Reading (RDG)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2004

Road Number(s):

72572, 73513, 73681, 74194

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:

Notes:

SHS #01196 is a three-car set. The other is a single car.


(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

(image copyright © Bill Lane; used by permission)

(image copyright © S-Helper Service)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01650

Additional IDs:

01651, 01652, 01653

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, open-top, 2-bay

Length:

32'

Road Name:

Waddell Coal Mining Company (WDLX)

Model Info

Gauge:

S

Introduced:

2006

Road Number(s):

101, 102, 103, 104

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Supplemental Part:

Supplemental Part:


(image copyright © Holt Apgar; used by permission)

(image copyright © S-Helper Service)
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