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REAZ as a Reporting Mark

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Posted by jeffhergert on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:03 PM

CShaveRR

Ivan E. Summa

They never had many cars (eight at most); the car I saw was numbered 1.

 

That's him.  I found this where he had a statement concerning rail transportation.

https://books.google.com/books?id=RrM-AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA10-PA21&lpg=RA10-PA21&dq=ivan+e+summa&source=bl&ots=Pxfxzk7G4A&sig=ACfU3U1SC9jOD-g4kdxX5lPTpew_68AiwQ&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiftqCStJPoAhVKQq0KHdCNBEgQ6AEwBHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=ivan%20e%20summa&f=false

 He mentions starting with a small fleet and then leasing more.  I wonder if they may have used other reporting marks.  He mentions also about using surplus stock cars lined with plywood to move grain, among other measures.

In the late 1970s, the first order of 56 Rock Island GP38-2 engines were named with names of friends and supporters of the railroad.  He was offered a chance to have his name placed on one, but instead he had them use 'Ivan the Terrible', which they did.  

Taken after the RI shutdown.

www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2980674 

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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:02 AM

Ivan E. Summa

They never had many cars (eight at most); the car I saw was numbered 1.

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Posted by jeffhergert on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:16 PM

Reporting marks that have been removed from active use can be reassigned after so many years.  I think I read it was 5 years.

IESX is currently assigned to Alliant Energy.  My 1974 Railway Equipment Guide shows that mark assigned to an elevator, the IES part were the initials of the head of the Co-Op.

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Posted by caldreamer on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 5:12 PM

I checked the current AAR reporting marks list. The REAZ reporting mark is owned by TIP Intermodal Service.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 4:23 PM

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"Z" reporting marks are found on TOFC trailers and Roadrailers.  REAZ was assigned to a leasing company.

 

As such, it is no longer listed in the ORER (and Umler has no record of it).  Is the Official Intermodal Equipment Register still published?

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Posted by divebardave on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:49 PM

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Check a copy of the Official Railway Equipment Register to see who currently owns the REAZ reporting marks.

 

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Posted by azrail on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 2:34 PM

The railroads still use the reporting marks of the roads they previously acquired...for tax and accounting purposes.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:23 AM

"Z" reporting marks are found on TOFC trailers and Roadrailers.  REAZ was assigned to a leasing company.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 9:29 AM

Check a copy of the Official Railway Equipment Register to see who currently owns the REAZ reporting marks.

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REAZ as a Reporting Mark
Posted by divebardave on Monday, March 9, 2020 5:50 PM

 How does a shipping company REA "Railway Express Agency" that has been out of buisness for 45 years still have a reporting mark in circulation. I see this on UPS Trailers. Did UPS buy some of the assets of REA?

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