S-Helper Service Wood Sheathed (Ice) Refrigerator Cars for 2000

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00476

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

This version has a gray-molded body; it was not painted, according to SHS' original web site.

Custom-decorated by Dale Minard.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00477

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

This version has yellow sides, box-car-red ends and roof, and black hardware.

Custom-decorated by Dale Minard.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00478

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted, not lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

This version has orange sides, box-car-red ends and roof, and black hardware.

Custom-decorated by Dale Minard.

Factory-original.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

American Refrigerator Transit Co (ART)

Lessee:

Missouri Pacific (MP)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00479

Additional IDs:

00480, 01002, 01003

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

53460, 53426, 20555, 21608

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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SHS #00479

SHS #00480

SHS #01002

SHS #01003

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Fontenell Brewing Co (FBX)

Advertiser:

Robin Hood Beer

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00485

Additional IDs:

00486, 01940

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

5300, 5301, 5302

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

SHS #01940, #5302, was a special run done for LaBlanc Trains out of Staten Island, NY.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Gerber Products Co. (GSVX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00487

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

1003

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Mahaffey Commission (MACX)

Advertiser:

Parrot Potatoes

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00518

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

3300

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1923

Length:

40'

Volume:

2117cuft

Car Owner:

Merchants Despatch Transportation (MDT/NYC)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00495

Additional IDs:

00496

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

20681, 20688

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1926

Length:

40'

Volume:

1944cuft

Car Owner:

North Western Refrigerator Line (NWX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00493

Additional IDs:

00494, 00684

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

3186, 3759, 4623

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

There are slight variations between these cars produced, so using this you can tell which car is which (if they have been removed from their original boxes):
#3186, SHS #00493, sold stand-alone: green ladder, brown brakewheel, white reporting marks on ends.
#3759, SHS #00494, sold stand-alone, green ladder, brown brakewheel, white reporting marks on ends.
#4623, SHS #00684 (set) black ladder, green brakewheel, yellow reporting marks.
#3186, SHS #00684 (set) black ladder, green brakewheel, yellow reporting marks.
#3759, SHS #00684 (set) black ladder, green brakewheel, yellow reporting marks.
The set #00684 was released in 2001.

If you want additional road numbers, check out the Hoquat Hobbies run that SHS did, SHS #01607 and SHS #01608.

Stand-alone version.

Set version. Photo is slightly out of focus.

The three-car set.

Shows the color difference between the lettering on the ends; left is SHS #00684 and right is SHS #00494.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

P. Ballantine Refrigerator (PBBX)

Notes:

The prototypes reefers served the big Ballantine brewery in Newark, New Jersey.

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00516

Additional IDs:

00517, 02039, 02040

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

106, 107, 103, 104

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

SHS #2039, #103, and SHS #02040, #104, were an additional run done for Hoquat Hobbies in 2009.

Road number 104.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Pacific Fruit Express (PFE)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00498

Additional IDs:

00499

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

35199, 34782

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Supplemental Part:

PFE Reefer End Ladders

Notes:

SP herald on one side, and UP "Overland Route" herald on the other.

The side showing the SP herald.

The side showing the UP herald.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Pacific Great Eastern (PGE)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00497

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

810

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

This was S-Helper Service's year 2000 Christmas car.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch (SFRD)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00482

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

22732

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

The "El Capitan" herald on one side and straight-line system map on the other.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Union Refrigerator Transit (URT/URTX)

Advertiser:

A&P

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00502

Additional IDs:

00503

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

23021, 23120

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1924

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Union Refrigerator Transit (URT/URTX)

Advertiser:

Blatz / Old Heidelberg Beer

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00504

Additional IDs:

00505, 01770

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2000

Road Number(s):

90138, 90159, 90160

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted & lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Product Notes:

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Notes:

SHS #01770, #90160, was a special run done for LaBlanc Trains out of Staten Island, NY.