Kris Louisville and Nashville Boxcars

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, commonly referred to as the L&N, operated in the southeastern U.S. Variations noted are from the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 5066 boxcar red boxcar with panel doors and no BLT date

Louisville and Nashville 5066 The Old Reliable boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and graphics; NEW 3-52, no BLT date; sliding boxcar red panel doors; full ladders. Variation (A) in Greenberg's. NEW and BLT dates not specified in Greenberg's.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 5066 boxcar red boxcar with panel doors and BLT date

Louisville and Nashville 5066 The Old Reliable boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and graphics; NEW 3-52 and BLT 3-52; sliding boxcar red panel doors; full ladders. Variation (A) in Greenberg's. NEW and BLT dates not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 5066 boxcar red boxcar with plug doors

Louisville and Nashville 5066 The Old Reliable boxcar; boxcar red; white lettering and graphics; NEW 3-52; sliding boxcar red plug doors; full ladders. Plug doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 9924 blue boxcar with panel doors

Louisville and Nashville 9924 The Dixie Line boxcar; blue; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding blue panel doors; full ladders. Variation (B) in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 9924 blue boxcar with dark blue plug doors

Louisville and Nashville 9924 The Dixie Line boxcar; blue; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding dark blue plug doors; full ladders. Dark blue plug doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 blue Cushioned Cargo boxcar with gray plug doors

Louisville and Nashville 105000 Cushioned Cargo boxcar; blue; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding gray plug doors; half ladders. Variation (G) in Greenberg's. Door color not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 blue Cushioned Cargo boxcar with yellow plug doors

Louisville and Nashville 105000 Cushioned Cargo boxcar; blue; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding yellow plug doors; half ladders. Variation (G) in Greenberg's. Door color not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 blue Cushioned Cargo boxcar with four lines of technical car data

Louisville and Nashville 105000 Cushioned Cargo - The Dixie Line boxcar; blue; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding blue panel doors; full ladders; four lines of technical car data on the right. Variation (H) in Greenberg's. Technical car data differences not specified in Greenberg's.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 blue Cushioned Cargo boxcar with six lines of technical car data

Louisville and Nashville 105000 Cushioned Cargo - The Dixie Line boxcar; blue; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding blue panel doors; full ladders; six lines of technical car data on the right. Variation (H) in Greenberg's. Technical car data differences not specified in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 blue boxcar without Cushioned Cargo

Louisville and Nashville 105000 The Dixie Line boxcar; blue; yellow lettering; sliding blue panel doors; full ladders. Variation without "Cushioned Cargo" not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 blue Cushioned Cargo boxcar with yellow doors

Louisville and Nashville 105000 Cushioned Cargo - The Dixie Line boxcar; blue; yellow lettering and graphics; sliding yellow panel doors; full ladders. Yellow panel doors variation not documented in Greenberg's. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 dark blue boxcar comparison

Comparison of two Greenberg's variation (J) Louisville and Nashville 105000 The Dixie Line boxcars; dark blue; yellow lettering; sliding dark blue panel doors; full ladders. For the upper car, a rivet line goes through the "&" on the left side stamping. On the lower car, the stamping was placed further to the left, so rivet lines pass through the "L" and "N" instead. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Kris Louisville and Nashville 105000 yellow boxcar

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