Loads
This page provides links to reports that show all of the current and previous production freight car loads available in S-scale.
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- By Manufacturer
Entries are grouped by their manufacturer, leading to pages which show all of their products by category. - By Category
Entries are grouped by their higher-level categories, leading to pages which show the list of manufacturers who created products for this category - By Photo
A mini photo album of sorts, this report shows the primary photo for each entry. Click on a photo to see that model's details and possible additional photos. The photos are sorted by category, by manufacturer, and then by name or road name, where applicable. This report is limited to entries that have at least one photo set. - Missing Photos
This report lists all of the entries for which we do not, yet, have a photo. If you can take a photo of it, please contact the webmaster. - All Entries
Entries are sorted by manufacturer, category, and name, each leading to a secondary page showing the selected entry's detailed information. Note: entries that appear to be duplicates, are different entries where something is different between them, but they were given the same name by the manufacturer. - Downloadable Text File
Entries are sorted by manufacturer, category, and product or road name, where applicable. Note: To import or open this file in a spreadsheet software application, use the hat, ^, character as the column separator (see the "6" key of your keyboard). Most spreadsheet applications will let you pick the separator or delimiter; if not, open the file with a text editor and replace all "^" with a character of your choice, and then try it again.
Freight Cars
Any and all freight cars shown in the photos in the report entries above are NOT included, and are only shown to show relative size or common placement. Note that not all manufacturers show their models in all of the scales offered, so some of the freight cars shown in the photos may be shown with HO- or O-scale cars; in that case, the load model, itself, will also be shown in their HO- or O-scale versions.
TOFC Trailers
18-wheeler trailers are commonly used as freight car loads. Unless they are/were separately available with their own manufacturer's product number/SKU, they are not listed in this "Loads" product gallery. They are, instead, documented as part of the "Vehicles" product gallery.
Reasonable Maximums
Where to draw the line for what is a "load"? Just about any item can be considered a "scale model load", and we could even include small O-scale items and large HO-scale items. But, we have to set a bit of an arbitrary cut-off point, to keep this listing from being huge. First, if a product is flagged by the manufacturer as being a freight car load, and it is manufactured specifically for S-scale, then that is definitely included. A kind of gray area happens when manufacturers sell freight cars that come from the factory with loads. If the loads are available separately and were given a manufacturer's product number/ID/SKU, then they will be listed; if not, then they are only listed in the appropriate freight car sub-category listing elsewhere in this Product Gallery. All other items are evaluated by the webmaster on a case-by-case basis (a good modeler's photo and S-scale dimensions of the load might tip the scales, so to say). However, we are not going to arbitrarily add all large HO-scale or small O-scale loads to this listing; the modeler can research those easily enough on the Internet or at a local show or train store, and make the "Is compatible with S?" choice him- or herself.
Historical Note
A good number of loads available for S-scale were made available by several small designers via the Dutch Shapeways company. When that company suddenly when bankrupt in 2024, not only was there no way to 3D-print the items, but some designers lost their original designs altogether.