Ambroid Wood Craftsman Kits

S Series

There was also an S-series in S-scale. These cars were S-scale versions of some of the K-kits. They were sold with either "scale" or with "tinplate" wheels. As far as the kit numbers go, they seem to be the same as the Northeastern numbers, i.e. the scale followed by the car type and a sequence number. The two that have this type of number, have the same numbers as the Northeastern S-scale kit numbers. Only the Snow Plow is without a number, which is consistent with the K-series at the time the S kits were released. Northeastern had at least 10 S-kits, but so far I have only seen these three kits sold under the Ambroid name.

Click on the Kit Name to get the detailed description of the kit, Click on the camera symbol to get a picture of the built kit.

A list of the Northeastern kits is included for reference purposes.

Kit #	Kit name	Road	Car Type	Box	Made By	Reissued By	Notes
SS-1	Stock Car	SOU MKT	Stock	Ys.	N		Announced as New in a September 1953 ad
SB-5	ACL Watermelon Car	ACL	Box	Ys			Announced as New in a September 1953 ad
	B&M "Winged" Snowplow	B&M	MOW	Ys.	N		Announced as New in an October 1954 ad
NORTHEASTERN KITS
Kit #	Kit name	Road	Car Type	Box	Notes
SB-1	Single Sheathed Box Car	CB&Q	Box		Nine-panel sides
SB-2	Single Sheathed Box Car	MKT	Box		Seven-panel sides. Slightly taller than SB-1
SB-3	50 Foot Automobile Car	SP	Box		Southern Pacific Class A-50-6
SB-4	Double Sheathed Box Car	P&LE	Box		Kit developed from A.R.A's recommended box car design drawings
SB-5	Watermelon Car	ACL	Box
SC-1	Great Northern Caboose	GN	Caboose	N2	Great Northern's Class X-200
SF-1	50 Foot Welded Flat Car	WM	Flat	N2.	Based on Western Maryland's all welded series 2551 design
SG-1	44 Foot Gondola Car	ERIE	Gondola	N2.
SS-1	Stock Car	SOU	Stock		"Hat" section bracing and solid ends
SS-2	Stock Car	SOU NKP	Stock		Slatted ends. Southern Railway's Class A-22-X8

The S-Kits and their Prototypes

Acknowledgments

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