S-Helper Service Wood Sheathed (Ice) Refrigerator Cars for 2001

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:

00717

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

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 factory-undecorated version is painted box-car red.

Custom-decorated by Dale Minard.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Bangor & Aroostook (BAR)

Advertiser:

Maine Potatoes

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00573

Additional IDs:

00574

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

6006, 6514

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'

Volume:

1927cuft

Car Owner:

Burlington Refrigerator Express (BREX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00483

Additional IDs:

00484, 00718, 00683

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

75276 , 75014, 75646, 75246

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 three-car set, SHS #00683, has the identical BREX car #75246, but also includes the Fort Worth Denver (FWDX) #20068 and the Colorado Southern (CS) #50207 cars, both of which carry the "Burlington Route" herald as well.

SHS set #00683.

The three-car set.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Canadian National Railway (CN)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00699

Additional IDs:

00700

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

208268, 208273

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'

Car Owner:

Lackawanna Refrigerator Line (LRX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00568

Additional IDs:

00569

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

2001, 7247

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:

These were the 2001 NASG Convention cars.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Lehigh Valley (LV)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00489

Additional IDs:

00490

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

36150, 36091

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:

Manufacturers Railway Co (MRS, Anheuser-Busch)

Advertiser:

Ralston Purina

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00572

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

5585

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:

North American Despatch (NADX)

Advertiser:

Baby Ruth

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00570

Additional IDs:

00571

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

6266, 6268

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:

North Western Refrigerator Line (NWX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00491

Additional IDs:

00492

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

15353, 15024

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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This photo, contributed by SHS co-owner Don Thompson, is of the 1927 NWX reefer that they used as the prototype reference for their reefer series of cars.

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1925

Length:

40'

Volume:

2098cuft

Car Owner:

Northern Pacific (NP)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00686

Additional IDs:

00687

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

900423, 900684

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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The road number of the car shown in this photo doesn't match the road numbers that were actually produced, so this may have been a pre-production car. Other than for the road number, everything else matches the actual production cars.

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:

00566

Additional IDs:

00567, 00682

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

19623, 19904, 37563, 38434, 36925

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:

SHS #00682 was the three-car set also released at the same time.

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:

00481

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

22739

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 Grand Canyon Line" herald.

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:

00716

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

22753

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 Scout".

Prototype Info

Manufacturer:

American Car and Foundry (ACF)

Car Type:

wood sheathed (ice)

Year/Era:

1927

Length:

40'

Car Owner:

Tivoli Beer (TUX)

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00500

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

5100

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:

Union Refrigerator Transit (URT/URTX)

Advertiser:

Edelweiss Beer

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00697

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

18303

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:

Western Refrigerator Line (WRX)

Advertiser:

Kraft Cheese

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

00698

Gauge:

S

Year Introduced:

2001

Road Number(s):

11124

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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