Kris Rath Packing Company Refrigerator Cars

The Rath Packing Company was a meatpacking business located in Waterloo, Iowa between 1891 and 1985. The refrigerator car variations on this page were not described in the Kris Model Trains chapter of Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains. Photos courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

The Rath Packing Company 507 yellow; black lettering; red Indian headdress; sliding plug doors; half ladders; "NEW 10-52" on the left; four lines of car data on the right; "CUFT 3536." Variation not in Greenberg's.

The Rath Packing Company 507 yellow; black lettering; red Indian headdress; sliding plug doors; half ladders; No NEW date on the left; six lines of car data on the right; "CUFT 3100." Variation not in Greenberg's.