railway express

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Need info on where to find Info on the railway express co. for my HO layout!
Looking for HO REA delivery vans also! Any help[?][banghead]

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Check out Walthers catalog for REA delivery trucks. Jordan makes a 1920s version. Mini-Metals and Imex make later versions. There are undoubtedly others. And check out www.northeast.railran.net/rea.

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Vic Roseman wrote a book on REA and modeling it. Will post the title later when I can find it.

Dave H.

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Here’s where you can find photos and/or scale drawings of Railway Express reefers

Railway Express Agency painting diagrams NMRA Data Sheets D9j.10

Series REX 272-499
REX 298 wood body on steel underframe pix Warbonnet 2Q97 p.26
REA 350 pix Mod RRing March87 p.38
REA 385 pix Mod RRing March87 p.38

Series REX 1200-1899
REX 1227 Mod RRing March87 p.38
REX 1615 50’ wood express reefer {similar to Fine N #2001}
proto pix RailModelJournal Dec97 p.56
(note Bob Thiele magazine, not in kla collection0
REX 1697 wood HO model Sunshine resin kit, Warbonnet 2Q97 p.34

Series REX 1900-1932 (GN)
REX 1953 pix Mod RRing March87 p.41
Series REX 1950-1979 (GN)
Series REX 2000-2139 (GN)
GN 2049 pix Mod RRing March87 p.42
Series 2200-2249
pix 2223 pix Mod RRing March87 p.44
Series REX 2551-2911 (PRR)
#2748 pix Mod RRing March87 p.42
PRR 2528pix Mod RRing March87 p.44

__ __Series REX 4000-4049 (ATSF)
REA 4000 pix Mod RRing March87 p.42
REX 4034 1965 steel Warbonnet 2Q97 p.26
REX 4048 color pix Mod RRing March87 p.43

Express reefer # NYC 6028, REA pool.Warbonnet 2Q97 p.26

__Series REX 6100-6599 blt 1948 ACF
REX 6100 in standard green scheme Mod RRer Jan89 p.119
REA 6104 pix Mod RRing March87 p.39
REA 6169 steel HO model Sunshine resin kit, Warbonnet 2Q97 p.34
REA 6267 pix Mod RRing March87 p.39
REA 6341 pix Mod RRing March87 p.39
REX 6342 in aluminum & green stripe as built
REX 6593 color pix Mod RRing March87 p.43

Series REX 6600-6799 listed as ex-troop sleepers MR May91 p.108
REX 6618 pix Mod RRing March87 p.41
REX 6650 color pix Mod RRing March87 p.43
REX 6687 reblt troop sleeper, Warbonnet 2Q97 p.26
plan of similar NYC expres

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If you’re looking for an online resource, check out the NEB&W website:
http://railroad.union.rpi.edu
While they don’t have a lot of information on operations, they do have the most online information on rolling stock. If all you’re looking for is to add a few express cars to your passenger trains, just remember that the REA ONLY had 50-foot cars, and that the changeover from wood cars to steel came between 1946-1950.

Jordan, Sylvan, and Mini Metals all make REA delivery vans. The Jordan ones are the most typical.