Kris Model Trains

Kris Model Trains were produced by Andrew "Andy" Kriswalus of Endicott, New York from 1968 to 1982. In semi-retirement, he continued selling up until his passing in 1990. Kris made boxcars, refrigerator cars, stock cars, gondolas, F3 locomotive shells, O and standard gauge track, S gauge rolling stock and railroad coasters. After 1982, Frank's Roundhouse and others produced/decorated cars for Kris to sell. Due to the number of Kris rolling stock variations, with some produced in single quantities, a complete listing would be a herculean task. The best source of printed information is the Kris Model Trains chapter in Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains by John O. Bradshaw. However, this book was published in 1987 and is now out of print.

Many Kris cars were produced from the original American Model Toys (AMT)-Kusan mold, which had full ladders and side rivet detail. Cars made from Kris molds have half ladders and smooth sides. Regarding car doors, Greenberg's book states the sliding plug, rib and smooth doors were designed by Kris, while the panel (corrugated) and stock car doors were carried over from AMT. However, the terms "panel" and "rib" were applied inconsistently throughout the book. So, for purposes of determining variations, panel and rib doors are considered interchangeable. If you have a car that doesn't fit one of the categories below, it may belong on the Who Done It? page. I'm always looking for more Kris Model Trains information and photos.

See the thumbnail links below, and pictures that follow, for Kris production.

A&C Equipment Company	A&P Groceries	ABC Auto Seat Cover Company
Akron, Canton and Youngstown	Alaska Railroad	All In One Hobby & Toy Center
Allison M. Cox	All-Nation Line	Almost Heaven...West Virginia
America's Railroads	American Revolution Bicentennial 1776 - 1976	Amphenol ASD Line

Apple Butter Festival	Apples from Yakima Valley	Arabic
Art and Teresa	Atlantic Coast Line I	Atlantic Coast Line II
Ballantine Beer	Baltimore and Ohio	Big Top Circus
Blue Mountain Hotel & Golf Club	Borden's Farm Products	Boston and Maine
Boy Scouts	Budweiser Beer	Buffalo Creek Flour
Burlington Northern	Canadian National	Canadian Pacific

Carling Black Label Beer	Casanova's Milwaukee	Central Iowa Railway
Central Ontario Railway	Chessie System	Chicago and North Western
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy	Choo-Choo Barn	Circus Model Builders
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus	Coca-Cola	Col. Carstens' Bourbon Storage
Colt 45 Malt Liquor	Compton Motors	Conewago Valley
Coors Beer	Cotton Belt	Cross Siclare

Crown Metal Products	Cutty Sark Scotch	Delaware and Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western	Dixie Beer	Dubuque Packing Company
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern	Empro Signs	Erie Lackawanna
Evans Air Pak	Everett Railroad	Evergreen Freight Car Corp.
Falstaff Beer	Flowers Dale-Hereford Farms	Frisco Lines
Fruit Growers Express	Gandy•Dancer	Genesee and Wyoming

Genesee Beer	Glen's Train Shop	Gondolas I
Gondolas II	Grand Trunk Western	Great Northern
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio	Hawk Mountain Line	Heineken Beer
Helm Chevrolet	Hershey's	Higgins and Sheer
Hyman-Michaels Company	Illinois Central	Israel (Hebrew)
Jersey Central Lines	Kentucky Fried Chicken	Kodak

Korean (Hangul)	Lehigh Valley	Lincoln Train
Lionel Collectors Club of America	Louisville and Nashville	Manila Railroad Company
Marine Midland	Mennonite Central Committee	Merry Xmas & Happy New Year
Miller High Life	Milwaukee Road	Missouri Pacific
M•L Servicing	Model Railroad Equipment Corp.	Model Railroading Is Fun
New Hope and Ivyland Railroad	New York Central	New York Life Insurance

Norfolk and Western	Old Dutch Cleanser	Ontario and Western
Oscar Mayer	Pabst Beer	Pacific Fruit Express
Paul's Model Railroad Shop	Penn Central	Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie	Pittsburgh and West Virginia	Primo Hawaiian Beer
Prudential Life Insurance	Pullman-Standard	Railway Express Agency
Rath Packing Company	Reading Lines	Rheingold Beer

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac	Rich's Hobbytowne	Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey
Rio Grande	Rock Island	Schaefer Beer
Schlitz Beer	Seaboard Coast Line	Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Soo Line	Southern Pacific	Southern Railway
Spokane, Portland and Seattle	St. Regis Paper	Steamtown, U.S.A.
Stegmaier Beer	Sterling Salt	Strasburg Rail Road

Stroh's Beer	Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia	Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo
TourMagination	Town of Bath	Toy Train Operating Society
Toy Train Operating Society 1971 Northeastern Division Meet	Toy Train Operating Society 1973 Disneyland Hotel Convention	Train Coach Restaurant
Train Collectors Association	Train Collectors Association 1972 National Convention	Traintique/Vagell Symposium
Undecorated	Union Carbide - Linde Division	Union Pacific Bank Cars
Union Pacific Boxcars I	Union Pacific Boxcars II	Union Pacific Insulated Boxcars

Union Pacific Refrigerator Cars	Union Pacific Stock Cars	Utica Club Beer
Vermont Railway	Wabash Railroad	Wallkill Valley Railroad
Western Maryland	Western Pacific	Wickes Lumber

Other Kris Model Trains-related items of interest.

Andy's Colossal Train Circus	Curiosities	Door Types
Newbraugh Brothers Toys 1974 - 1982	Promotional Items	Railroad Coasters
S Gauge	Sales Documents	Train and Track Boxes