Reply to "Any scale model REA express reefers WITHOUT the red diamond herald ever made?"

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@CAPPilot posted:
Ron,
I have V. S. Roseman's "Railway Express, An Overview" and Model Railroader Books "Express, Mail & Merchandise Service" by Jeff Wilson. Roseman's book has diagrams of the five different paint schemes used on REA cars, and both have lots of dated (and undated) pictures. (There were actually 6 paint schemes, but one was short lived so I guess Roseman didn't think it important.)
As far as wood cars in use, per a chart in Roseman's book:
48'11" wood body on steel underframe (SUF) lasted to 1965.
53'2" wood-bodied SUF gone by 1965
53'6" wood-bodies SUF gone by 1967.
There were several other types of wood-bodied SUF cars listed, but no dates.

Thanks I did not think wood cars last to that late!

Ron

1/29/221:44 PM

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