I believe REA was owned by a consortium of railroads same as the Pullman Company in its last years. Dennis Storzek

Probably a load shifted/fell over enough to dent the door. David Thompson

Pierre, your link also led me towards a bunch of very impressive looking industrial loads! We may be into the Golden Age of open loads now. :-)

Was  REA legally tied to the railroads?  I always wondered why it didn't become a trucking competitor to UPS. Lee Thwaits

Bruce, Someone else called these 2D-F24 trucks, according to my notes. Are you sure about your classification? I just want to correct my notes if necessary.

A third party is selling them on Ebay

Roger, I could have sworn Sharon said they had them. But give her a call. Tim O' On 8/9/2019 10:54 PM, Roger Huber via

Folks, To expand on Tim's comment, these trucks were know as Elsey trucks, class 2D-F17 on the PRR. They are not shown on the F&C web page, but they do have them, so call and ask. Regards, Bruce

Remember - 90% of us only saw REA in its decline. At one time it was the premier service organization. By 1954, with train-offs and reduction in trackage (and a lot of worn out cars that had been

If it isn't the ugliest it certainly is one of the most un-standard: four panels on each side of the door (of unequal size), odd roof with indented end panels, 10-rung side ladders, odd and deep side

What happened to cause the blister at the top door panel? Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Tim, I can't see them on the F&C site. Could you provide some other info? Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

Buckeye trucks. The PRR had them as well. F&C makes castings for them. On 8/9/2019 10:26 PM, Roger Huber via Groups.Io wrote: -- Tim

Trucks by the 1950's. If you ever watch reruns of the Beverly Hillbillies on Amazon Prime (streaming video) they INCLUDE the original commercials for cigarettes at the

Some of them had roofs that looked a LOT like PRR X37 or X38 roofs with the indentation for the laterals. Some appear to have ordinary SRE (rectangular panel) roofs

The car with the trucks I was asking about is the one on the blog #48826. Very strange trucks I am not familiar with. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

UNCLE! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni On 8/9/19, 8:47 PM, "David via Groups.Io" <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io on behalf of jaydeet2001@...> wrote: Lol, here you go:

fyi -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

I love the B-5 too, although I hesitate to call it the most homely. There are plenty of candidates for that title! :-D Photos shows the B-5's with at least FIVE

Lol, here you go: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2910 David Thompson