REAZ Why does UPS use the Railway Express Agency reporting marks even though REA been dead for 40 years?

Trains Magazine General Discussion
1

I assume that they ran out of 4 letter combinations or did UPS buy out the remains of REA?

2

One site listing the various REA root reporting marks offered the following:

REA RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, INC.

REAL (REAZ) TRANSAMERICA LEASING, INC.

REAU (REAZ) TRANSAMERICA LEASING, INC.

REAZ *GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO. (REPORTING MARK ELIMINATED MAY 1983)

REAZ +DELAWARE & HUDSON RAILWAY CO. [DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RR CO.; GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO.; MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD CO] / TRANSAMERICA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (TRANSAMERICA LEASING, INC.)

Two others list them thusly:

REAU Transamerica Leasing Incorporated

REAZ TIP Intermodal Services

3

I’m not sure about the other reporting marks but REAU would be applied to containers and REAZ would be applied to trailers.

4

Transamerica was founded by by A. P. Giannini who founded Bank of America…Nothing yet I oculd find onthe reporting marks…though I did find that UPS sued REA in 1975

5

REAZ never was the reporting marks for the Railroad Express Agency. No connection what so em-ever. The other REAU and etc., is no relation.

Here’s what you need to see: http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/pvt-tofc/reaz/

Oogle Google has other answers for you as well. A quick search revealeth much.