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Classic Metal Works - 50347 - Automobile, Ford, Courier - Railway Express Agency - 1953 Ford Courier Sedan Delivery

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Stock Number50347
Original Retail Price$16.50
BrandClassic Metal Works
ManufacturerClassic Metal Works
Body StyleClassic Metal Works Auto Ford Courier
Prototype VehicleAutomobile, Ford, Courier (Details)
Road or Company NameRailway Express Agency (Details)
Road or Reporting Number1953 Ford Courier Sedan Delivery
Paint Color(s)Dark Green
Print Color(s)Lime
MultipackYes
Multipack Count2
Series NameMini Metals
Item CategoryVehicles
Model TypeAutomobile
Model SubtypeFord
Model Variety1953 Courier Sedan Delivery
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Years Produced1952–1960 / 1971–2013
Scale1/160



Model Information: Mini Metals N Scale automobiles are perfect for adding that all important transportation link to your model railroad empire. All vehicles are exact replicas of licensed automobiles used on US and Canadian roads just before World War II and into the late 1950?s, also known as the Transition Era.

Features:
The Classic Metal Works Mini Metals collection of model vehicles feature exacting detail, factory paint schemes and full interiors.
Comes in pack of 2.
Prototype History:
The 1952 to 1960 Ford Couriers were sedan delivery variants of Ford's US mainstream passenger vehicle range of those model years. It had a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout.
Access to the rear storage area was through a unique door hinged on the side. For 1957 and 1958, the rear access door was a combination of the lift gate and tailgate being connected with two connecting struts. In 1959, all Couriers took on the windowed body style very similar to the Tudor Ranch Wagons. The last year for the passenger car-based Courier was 1960, when it would remain a commercial wagon.
In the early 1970s, the Ford Courier name was applied to the Mazda B-Series, a compact pickup manufactured by Mazda, over 4 generations of the model.

From Wikipedia
Road Name History:
The Railway Express Agency (REA) was a national monopoly set up by the United States federal government in 1917. Rail express services provided small package and parcel transportation using the extant railroad infrastructure much as UPS functions today using the road system. The United States government was concerned about the rapid, safe movement of parcels, money, and goods during World War I and REA was its solution to this problem. REA ceased operations in 1975, when its business model ceased to be viable.

The first parcel express agency in the United States is generally considered to have been started by William Frederick Harnden (1812-1845), who in 1839 began regular trips between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts as a courier transporting small parcels, currency and other valuables. William G. Fargo, a New York Central freight clerk at Auburn, N.Y., and Henry Wells, a leather worker at Batavia, N.Y., organized Wells Fargo & Co. in 1853. Other parcel express pioneers include Henry B. Plant, who formed Southern Express Company, Alvin Adams who founded Adams Express Company, and John Warren Butterfield. Express delivery in the early 19th century was virtually all done via horse, either via stagecoach or by riders. Ad for a railroad, showing American Railway Express service along the line. 1922

The express business flourished in the latter half of the 19th century, and by 1900 there were four principal parcel express companies, all of which included the rapidly advancing railways as one of their means of transport: Adams Express Company, Southern Express Company, American Express Company, and Wells Fargo. In 1913 the U.S. Post Office introduced its Parcel Post service, which offered major competition for the express companies. Despite this, private railway express business increased steadily through the end of World War I.

During World War I, the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) took over the nation's railroads. Under the USRA, the four major and three minor express companies were consolidated as American Railway Express, Inc., save the portion of Southern Express that operated over the Southern Railway and the Mobile & Ohio. Railway Express Agency office, San Augustine, Texas, 1939 REA electric truck circa 1920.

In March 1929, the assets and operations of American Railway Express Inc. were transferred to Railway Express Agency (REA). REA was owned by 86 railroads in proportion to the express traffic on their lines - no one railroad or group of railroads had control of the agency. In response to customer demand, REA added a Chicago, Illinois-based refrigerator car line. In 1927, REA began an Air Express Division. In 1938, the remainder of Southern Express also joined the consolidated REA.
Brand/Importer Information:
Focused on the production of HO and N Scale post World War II to 1970s era North American vehicles, the Sylvania, Ohio based Classic Metal Works was founded in 1997, by William J. Giacci.
Primarily constructed out of die-cast metal, Mini Metals CMW products are factory assembled and decorated.
In May 2017, Classic Metal Works and Mini Metals product ranges have been taken over by Round 2 Corp.

Note: The following CMW stock numbers have not been used, breaking the linearity of the numbering: 50313 to 50315, 50362 to 50364, 51154 to 51163
Item created by: Alain LM on 2019-01-27 05:44:06. Last edited by CNW400 on 2020-05-12 01:05:54

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