railway express

[Anonymous]

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]

[markpierce]

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.

[dehusman]

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

Dave H.

[leighant]

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 express car from troop sleeper
_Mod RRer_ May91 p.108

Series 6800-6879 listed as ex-troop sleepers _MR_ May91 p.108

Series REX 6900-7899 blt 1957
REX 7370 color pix _Mod RRing_ March87 p.43
REX 7751 pix _ModRRer_ Dec97 p.174
REX 7781 pix _Mod RRer_ Jan89 p.116
REX 7870 pix _Mod RRing_ March87 p.42
plan of similar NYC express car from troop sleeper
_Mod RRer_ May91 p.108

REX 3281 color pix _Mod RRing_ March87 p.43

[orsonroy]

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.