Passenger Car (heavyweight) Baggage, REA
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
718
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) Baggage, REA
Road Name:
New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH)
Road Number:
718
Model Introduced:
1947
Finish:
painted & lettered
Notes:
These are three #718 Operating Mail Cars. The car in the front is a rare 1947 red plastic New Haven #718 Mail Car that has a die cast chassis. In addition, the car is shown with a #713 Pick-up Stand and Mail Bag. Note the 1947 model came with a red pick-up arm. One must be careful when obtaining one of these units as the arm can easily be altered (painted red). In middle is an example of a 1948-54 model of a red plastic New Haven #718 Mail Car that has a die cast chassis. In addition, the car is shown with a #713 Pick-up Stand and Mail Bag. The model in the photo is actually a 1950 model and note that it has a black pick-up arm. In the back row is an example of a 1946-54 model of a dark red painted American Flyer Lines #718 Mail Car that has a sheet metal chassis. The AFL version can have either a sheet metal or a die cast chassis. The painted versions are red, green, or tuscan, while the unpainted plastic versions are either red or green. Greenberg list the car as being a 1946-54 model except other sources indicate it was in one case a 1952 model while another source I have indicates it was a 1953 model only. Finally, Greenberg and other such sources indicate that the #718 Mail Car was available in 1946 with an inside pick-up. Several noted Flyer Collectors/Experts have stated that the #718 was never produced in 1946 with an inside pick-up and that the first year the #718 was produced was in 1947.
(image copyright © Ted Hamler)
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Manufacturer:
Exacta Scale Models
Manufacturer ID:
501
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) Baggage, REA
Model Introduced:
1947
Product Type:
Metal Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Notes:
The kit included photo-etched copper sides and ends (coated with lead on the interior side), stamped-brass floor, wooden roof, and white-metal details.
Manufacturer:
S-Helper Service
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) Baggage, REA
Road Name:
Southern Railway (SOU)
Model Introduced:
1992
Product Type:
Plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Notes:
Produced by American Models for S-Helper Service.
(image copyright © Bill Lane)
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) Baggage, REA
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
60'
(image copyright © Bob Hogan)
(image copyright © Tom Henderson)
(image copyright © Tom Henderson)
Manufacturer:
SouthWind Models
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) Baggage, REA
Road Name:
Southern Pacific (SP)
Product Type:
Brass
Finish:
painted & lettered
Prototype Dimensions:
60'
Notes:
6-wheel trucks. These were a limited-run. Also available with the Daylight paint scheme.
(image copyright © Bob Hogan)
Manufacturer:
Train Stuff
Manufacturer ID:
24951
Category:
Passenger Car (heavyweight) Baggage, REA
Prototype Year/Era:
1924
Road Name:
Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
Model Introduced:
1977
Product Type:
Wood/Resin Kit
Finish:
unpainted
Prototype Dimensions:
70'
Model Online Article:
Supplemental:
Notes:
The kit includes cast styrene sides, milled basswood roof and floor, cast-metal ends, steps, and detailing parts. Does not include trucks nor couplers. The model is based on the ARA Class BE (CNJ #420-424). Included white metal 6-wheel trucks. Warning: the sides tend to warp, so it is best to store them such that they maintain their flatness, until you are ready to build them. The resin may turn brittle with age.
(image copyright © Bill Lane)
(image copyright © Woody Mitchell)