Kris Grand Trunk Western Rolling Stock
Grand Trunk Western operated as an American subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Variations noted are from the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains.
Grand Trunk Western 1614 boxcar; tuscan; white lettering and graphics; sliding tuscan panel doors; half ladders. Tuscan boxcar variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.
Grand Trunk Western 441849 boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and graphics; sliding boxcar red rib doors; half ladders. Boxcar variation (F) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.
Grand Trunk Western 441849 boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and graphics; sliding boxcar red plug doors; half ladders. Plug doors boxcar variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.
Grand Trunk Western 516143 Refrigerator; silver; black lettering and graphics; stamped silver plug doors; full ladders. Boxcar variation (I) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.
Grand Trunk Western 516143 refrigerator car; silver; black lettering and graphics; stamped silver plug doors; full ladders; 70 produced. Note that this car has roof hatches, while the one above does not. This is the only Grand Trunk refrigerator car variation documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.
Grand Trunk Western 516143 refrigerator car; blue; white lettering and graphics; sliding blue plug doors; half ladders. Blue refrigerator car variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection. M. Smith notes that the box for their car is marked "1 of 65 per Andy K. (2-2-73)."