S-Helper Service Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) U.S.R.A., Wood-sheathed Externally-braced, Single-door Box Cars

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

S-Helper Service

Manufacturer ID:

01839

Additional IDs:

01840

Prototype Info

Style:

U.S.R.A., wood-sheathed externally-braced, single-door

Year/Era:

1919

Length:

40'

Height:

Volume:

3098cuft

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Class:

X26

Model Info

Gauge:

Introduced:

1996

Road Number(s):

44824, 45319

Product Type:

plastic

Finish:

painted and lettered

Wheels:

scale and hi-rail

Couplers:

AF; support for Kadee scale couplers (not included)

Supplemental:

Owner's Manual

Notes:

This was the second run of these PRR cars. The difference between the two runs, other than the road numbers, is that these tend more toward orange, wherease the first run was a more darker box-car red. The other issue with this run was the fact that the first "N" is missing from the road name. According to Don Thompson, the issue was that the font in the digital drawings put the letter too close to the vertical brace, which then caused the factory's equipment to not apply the letter. Unfortunately, it was not caught during quality-control. C-D-S decal set #S-310 provides a letter "N" that is a close match.

Preparing to fix the missing-letter issue.

The dry-transfer set is a close match, although slightly too big, but that is not really noticeable from a distance.