Kris Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

The Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains documents themed boxcars for the 1969 - 1970, 1971, 1974 and 1978 holiday seasons. Not documented in Greenberg's are cars made for the 1977 and 1983 holiday seasons and Kris locomotive body shells decorated for 1979.

Kris Model Trains 1969 - 70 green holiday boxcar with red doors

Kris Model Trains Merry Xmas 1969 and Happy New Year 1970 boxcar; green; red lettering; sliding red panel doors; full ladders. This car is described as boxcar variation (A) in Greenberg's under Merry Xmas 1969-Happy New Year 1970 and Kris Model Trains.

Kris Owego IBM Club 1969 - 70 green holiday boxcar with green doors

Merry Xmas 1969-Happy New Year 1970 boxcar variation (B) in Greenberg's. Door color not specified in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris Owego IBM Club 1969 - 70 green holiday boxcar with red doors

Merry Xmas 1969-Happy New Year 1970 boxcar variation (B) in Greenberg's. Door color not specified in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris Owego IBM Club 1969 - 70 green holiday boxcar with black doors

Merry Xmas 1969-Happy New Year 1970 boxcar variation (B) in Greenberg's. Door color not specified in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris Owego IBM Club 1969 - 70 silver holiday boxcar

Silver with panel doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris Owego IBM Club 1969 - 70 yellow holiday boxcar with green doors

Merry Xmas 1969-Happy New Year 1970 boxcar variation (E) in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris Owego IBM Club 1969 - 70 yellow holiday boxcar with red doors

Owego IBM Club Merry Xmas 1969, Happy New Year 1970 boxcar; yellow; red lettering; sliding red panel doors; full ladders. Red panel doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris Model Trains 1969 - 70 silver holiday refrigerator car

Kris Model Trains Merry Xmas 1969 and Happy New Year 1970 refrigerator car; silver; red lettering; stamped silver plug doors; full ladders. The Kris Model Trains refrigerator car listing in Greenberg's describes this car as "Silver." Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris white Merry Christmas boxcar with green lettering

Merry Christmas boxcar; white; green lettering and red Santa; sliding green panel doors; full ladders. Came in a plain white box with a typed "XMAS" label. "The Train Shop" was handwritten on the box. Merry Christmas: 1971 boxcar variation (A) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Kris white Merry Christmas boxcar with red lettering

Merry Christmas: 1971 boxcar variation (B) in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris white Merry Christmas boxcar with red lettering and green plug doors

Merry Christmas boxcar; white; red lettering and Santa; sliding green plug doors; half ladders. Merry Christmas: 1971 boxcar variation (C) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris 1974 gold holiday boxcar with green panel doors and red lettering

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; shiny gold; red lettering and graphics; sliding green panel doors; half ladders. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year boxcar variation (A) in Greenberg's.

Kris 1974 gold holiday boxcar with white panel doors and red lettering

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; shiny gold; red lettering and graphics; sliding white panel doors; half ladders. White panel doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Kris 1974 gold holiday boxcar with green plug doors and red lettering

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; shiny gold; red lettering and graphics; sliding green plug doors; particle board chassis; half ladders. Green plug doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Kris 1974 gold holiday boxcar with green lettering

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; shiny gold; green lettering and graphics; sliding red plug doors; particle board chassis; half ladders. Red plug doors with green lettering and graphics variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Kris 1974 gold holiday boxcar with black lettering

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; shiny gold; black lettering and graphics; sliding red plug doors; particle board chassis; half ladders. Red plug doors with black lettering and graphics variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris 1974 white holiday boxcar with green panel doors

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; white; red lettering and graphics; sliding green panel doors; half ladders. Documented with either a metal or particle board chassis. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year boxcar variation (B) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris 1974 white holiday boxcar with green plug doors

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; white; red lettering and graphics; sliding green plug doors; particle board chassis; half ladders. Green plug doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Kris 1974 white holiday boxcar with red doors

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1974 boxcar; white; red lettering and graphics; sliding red plug doors; particle board chassis; half ladders. Red plug doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Kris 1977 yellow and red holiday boxcar with green and red graphics

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1977 boxcar; yellow; red roof and ends; red lettering; green and red graphics; sliding green panel doors; half ladders. There are no 1977 holiday cars documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris 1977 yellow and red holiday boxcar with red graphics

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1977 boxcar; yellow; red roof and ends; red lettering and graphics; sliding green panel doors; half ladders. There are no 1977 holiday cars documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris 1977 white holiday boxcar

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1977 boxcar; white; red lettering; green and red graphics; sliding green panel doors; half ladders. There are no 1977 holiday cars documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris 1977 green holiday boxcar

There are no 1977 holiday cars documented in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris 1977 Season's Greetings green boxcar with yellow lettering

Season's Greetings 1977 boxcar; green; white and yellow lettering and graphics; "OIL BULK LUBRICATORS;" sliding white panel doors; half ladders. There are no 1977 holiday cars documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris 1977 Season's Greetings green boxcar with red lettering

There are no 1977 holiday cars documented in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Kris 1977 Season's Greetings blue boxcar

Season's Greetings 1977 boxcar; blue; white and yellow lettering and graphics; "OIL BULK LUBRICATORS;" sliding white panel doors; half ladders. There are no 1977 holiday cars documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of eBay seller dolemite-14.

Kris 1978 gold holiday boxcar with red doors

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1978 boxcar; metallic gold; red lettering and graphics; sliding red plug doors; half ladders. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year boxcar variation (C) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris 1978 gold holiday boxcar with green doors

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Railroad 1978 boxcar; metallic gold; red lettering and graphics; sliding green panel doors; half ladders. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year boxcar variation (D) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.