Kris Utica Club Beer Rolling Stock
Utica Club, brewed in Utica, New York, was the West End Brewing Company's flagship beer. "WE PUT L♡VE IN OUR BEER" appears on the car sides. None of the cars below are precisely described in the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains.
Utica Club 2001 boxcar; gray; maroon lettering; sliding yellow plug doors; half ladders. Yellow plug doors boxcar variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.
Black ends boxcar variation not in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.
Black roof boxcar variation not in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.
Utica Club 2001 boxcar; yellow; black roof; red lettering; sliding red panel doors; half ladders. Boxcar variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.
Utica Club 2001 boxcar; yellow; black roof; maroon lettering; sliding brown panel doors; half ladders. Boxcar variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M, Smith collection.
Utica Club 2001 refrigerator car body shell; shiny chrome; maroon lettering and graphics; no brake wheel, doors or door guides; half ladders. The original owner purchased this body shell from Frank's Roundhouse in the late 1980's. It was probably a Kris production reject, as there is some paint sagging on one side. Boxcar variation (A) in Greenberg's is described as "Chrome; maroon lettering; maroon plug doors."