Kris Apple Butter Festival Boxcar

Since 1974, the Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Apple Butter Festival has occurred on Columbus Day weekend in October. There is an orange Apple Butter Festival boxcar listed in the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains. Built date, decorator and production numbers are from the Newbraugh Brothers Toys (NBT) Checklist 1974 - 1982.

5th Annual Apple Butter Festival boxcar; orange; silver roof; blue lettering and logos; sliding orange plug doors; half ladders. Note that Berkeley is misspelled "Berkley" on the car side. NBT number 527-1076. Less than 100 boxcars were decorated by Pleasant Valley Process in October 1978. Orange with silver roof variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.