Kris Illinois Central Rolling Stock

Illinois Central was sometimes referred to as the "Main Line of Mid-America" because it operated in the central U.S. Variations noted are from the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains.

Illinois Central 11143 boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and IC logo; sliding boxcar red panel doors; full ladders; small ILLINOIS CENTRAL printing; five lines of technical car data on the right. Variation (A) in Greenberg's. Print size and technical car data not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Illinois Central 11143 boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and IC logo; sliding boxcar red panel doors; full ladders; medium ILLINOIS CENTRAL printing; six lines of technical car data on the right. Variation (A) in Greenberg's. Print size and technical car data not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Illinois Central 11143 boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and IC logo; sliding boxcar red panel doors; full ladders; large ILLINOIS CENTRAL printing; six lines of technical car data on the right. Variation (A) in Greenberg's. Print size and technical car data not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Illinois Central 11143 boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and IC logo; sliding boxcar red plug doors; full ladders. Plug doors variation not in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Illinois Central 11143 boxcar; orange; black lettering; black and white IC logo; sliding orange plug doors; half ladders. Variation (C) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Allison M. Cox variation not in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

R. Niedhammer variation not in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Comparison of Greenberg's Illinois Central 22094 boxcar variation (F) on bottom and (H) on top. Common characteristics: black lettering; black and white IC logo; full ladders. Differences: variation (F) lower car is light orange and has sliding plug doors. Variation (H) upper car is burnt orange and has sliding panel doors. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Illinois Central 22094 boxcar; light orange; black lettering; black and white IC logo; sliding light orange plug doors; half ladders. Variation (F) in Greenberg's. Half or full ladder type not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Illinois Central 22094 boxcar; burnt orange; black lettering; black "KEEP ALERT" between ladder rungs on lower right; black and white IC logo; sliding burnt orange panel doors; full ladders. KEEP ALERT variation not in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Illinois Central 22094 boxcar; glossy orange; black lettering; black and white IC logo; sliding glossy orange panel doors; full ladders. The car rides on an older American Model Toys chassis, painted black, and is fitted with Lionel postwar AAR-style trucks. The door on this side of the car has dimensional data, while the one on the opposite side does not. Lettering applied with high-grade decals - possible prototype. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Variation (I) in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Variation (L) in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Illinois Central 200156 boxcar; orange; black lettering; black and white IC logo; sliding orange panel doors; full ladders. Variation (M) in Greenberg's. Door color not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the G. Clarke collection.

Illinois Central 200156 boxcar; orange; black lettering; black and white IC logo; sliding black panel doors; full ladders. Variation (M) in Greenberg's. Door color not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Illinois Central 200156 boxcar; tuscan; white lettering and IC logo; sliding tuscan panel doors; full ladders. Variation (P) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Blue plug door variation not in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.

Illinois Central blue boxcar paint samples. Variation (Q) in Greenberg's describes road number " ???? Blue; black lettering; sliding rib doors." Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

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

Metallic silver variation not in Greenberg's. Photo and description courtesy of the B. Batt collection.