Kris Dubuque Packing Company Refrigerator Cars

The Dubuque Packing Company was a former meat packing business in Dubuque, Iowa. Variations noted are from the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains.

Dubuque Packing Company 1143 refrigerator car; brown; black and orange lettering and logo; sliding white plug doors (inside clear plastic parts bag); half ladders; one produced. Refrigerator car variation (A) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Refrigerator car variation (B) in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Dubuque Packing Company 1143 refrigerator car; white; brown roof; black and red lettering and logo; sliding white plug doors; half ladders. Brown roof and plug doors without "U.R.T.X." refrigerator car variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Dubuque Packing Company 1143 U.R.T.X. refrigerator car; white; brown roof; black and red lettering and logo; sliding white plug doors; half ladders. Brown roof and plug doors with "U.R.T.X." refrigerator car variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Black and red lettering with brown roof and ends refrigerator car variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.