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Atlas HO REA steel express reefer

By Cody Grivno | December 23, 2025

The Master Line model is offered in new road numbers and paint schemes

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Atlas HO REA steel express reefer

Scale: HO (1:87.1)

Price: $46.95

Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205; 908-687-0880; shop.atlasrr.com

Color photo of HO scale REA steel express reefer painted weathered green with fresh dark green patches and white graphics on white background.

Atlas HO REA steel express reefer features:

  • 3/3 Improved Dreadnaught ends
  • Arched roof
  • Body-mounted Accumate couplers
  • Metal wheels
  • Separate, factory-applied ladders and grab irons
  • Steam, air, and signal hoses
  • Uncoupling levers
  • Welded sides

Release date: Available now

Road names: New paint schemes — San Luis Central (Railway Express Agency patchout, weathered green and white), Great Northern (REA leaseback, Empire Builder paint scheme), and Seaboard Coast Line maintenance of way (dark green, white, and silver). New road numbers — Atlantic Coast Line (as-delivered [purple, silver, white, and yellow]) and Railway Express Agency (early 1950s dark green and gold and late 1960s Apple Green and white). Two to three road numbers per paint scheme.

News & Products is a regular feature of Trains.com for model railroad operators and builders to get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more. Model railroad product news may include HO, N, O, S, and Z scales. Product release dates and prices will vary according to each manufacturer.

If you are a manufacturer and have new product releases, please email Senior Editor Cody Grivno at cody.grivno@firecrown.com.

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