An excellent reference is Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains by John Bradshaw. It also includes American Model Toys and Kris Model Trains.
The AMT/Kusan box cars are larger than the Lionel 6464 boxcars, about 1/8 of an inch shorter than the current Weaver scale 1932 boxcars. They originally had diecast white metal frames, later, as marketed by Kris/KMT, they had sheet metal frames and some had Lionel trucks and couplers. The Kusan knuckle couplers are the same size as the Lionel couplers and mate easily with them. Williams now has the dies for the Kusan box cars, stock cars and reefers.
KMT "K" series boxcars with plastic trucks are slightly smaller than Lionel 6464 boxcars. They have plastic trucks, plastic frames and non movable doors, one door open and one closed. K-Line acquired these dies and made many improvements, adding movable doors, sheet metal frames, diecast trucks and much better paint. RMT now has the dies and has made further improvements.
Allan
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