The Trinity Railway Express (or TRE) is a commuter rail line in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It was established by an interlocal agreement between Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T). Each transit authority owns a 50% stake in the joint rail project and contractor Herzog Transit Services operates the line. The TRE began operating in December 1996.
As of the fourth quarter of 2014, the TRE has an average weekday ridership of 8,200 passengers per day and is the fifteenth most-ridden commuter rail system in the United States. In 2014, the TRE carried 2,293,500 passengers.
Before 2006, the TRE was typically shown as a green line on DART maps and therefore was sometimes referred to as the "Green Line," but this was not an official designation. In 2006, DART chose green as the color for its new light rail route, the Green Line. Since 2006, the TRE has been shown as a dark blue line on DART maps.
History
Named after the Trinity River, which flows between Fort Worth and Dallas, the TRE was launched on December 30, 1996, shortly after the inaugural service of Dallas' DART Light Rail system, operating from Union Station to the South Irving Station in Irving. On September 18, 2000, the line was extended to the Richland Hills Station and, for the first time, there was rail service available between downtown Dallas and DFW Airport. On November 13, 2000 the West Irving Station also opened. On December 3, 2001, the TRE was extended to its current terminus at the T&P Station in downtown Fort Worth.
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.
Early history
The first parcel express agency in the United States is generally considered to have been started by William Harriden, 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.
The Railway Express Agency is the topic today's video series from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. We make these fun short videos on the regular while the museum is closed as a way for us to bring the museum to you!
The Railway Express Agency, REA was a joint effort for the railroads to make "less than carload" shipments easier for the consumer.
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published: 08 Feb 2021
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Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York | 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
It’s been said you can’t fight city hall. But that’s just what Railway Express Agency, a national transportation company, tried to do when New York City adopted a traffic regulation that refused to let vehicles post advertisements for other businesses but did allow companies to advertise their own businesses on their vehicles. Railway Express contended that the city’s traffic regulation denied it equal protection of the laws. The United States Supreme Court addressed that constitutional challenge in Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York.
In the 1940s, New Yo...
published: 06 Nov 2020
Railway Express Agency (REA) with Thomas Keyes
Railway Express Agency (REA) used to be the main way to ship packages before UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. REA ceased operations in 1975 after more than 50 years of service. REA used the transport services of the railroads to ship parcels. Thomas Keyes presents a personal story on the REA where his dad worked for 35 years. Considerations for modeling REA in a layout is also discussed.
This presentation was done for the Mt Vernon Clinic of the 4th Division of the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). For more info on the NMRA and local chapters visit www.nmra.org.
published: 20 Nov 2021
Chip Richie on a Railway Express Agency film - Archive Dive [clip]
From the 5/31/22 episode of Archive Dive, featuring the Robert Yamall Richie Collection.
published: 06 Jan 2023
Take a step back in time at the Railway Express Agency building in Salinas
Take a step back in time at the Railway Express Agency building in Salinas
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The Fast Mail arrives in Springs at the Railway Express Agency
Note the updating we are doing to the leads into the roundhouse area. Empty stalls are alarming; newly completed track work will allow full sized articulated steam to negotiate the ancient East Yards for the first time since it was built nearly 80 years ago. The Fast Mail glides past the Springs full service REA Depot with a full compliment of Holiday Express and Special Cargo from eastern markets in Chicago and New York.
published: 27 Nov 2011
Railway Express Agency Restored Baggage Cart
published: 14 Sep 2021
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York (1949) Overview | LSData Case Brief Video Summary
The case involves an appellant who was fined for selling advertising space on the exterior sides of its trucks on the streets of New York City. The Traffic Regulations of the City of New York prohibit advertising vehicles on the streets, but allow business notices on delivery vehicles engaged in the usual business or regular work of the owner. The case is now on appeal to the Supreme Court under Judicial Code § 237 (a), 28 U.S.C. § 344 (a), as amended, now 28 U.S.C. § 1257. The appellant argues that the regulation violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution's Article I, Section 8 by burdening interstate commerce.
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York (1949)
Supreme Court of the United States
336 U.S. 106, 93 L. Ed. 2d 533, 69 S. Ct. 463, 1949 U...
published: 06 Jun 2023
Railway Express Agency Building Top #7 Facts
published: 29 Jan 2016
8000 jobs lost due to REA Express Going Out of Business
Reported by Norm Robinson for Channel 10 Newsbeat, November 11, 1975
The Railway Express Agency is the topic today's video series from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. We make these fun short videos on the ...
The Railway Express Agency is the topic today's video series from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. We make these fun short videos on the regular while the museum is closed as a way for us to bring the museum to you!
The Railway Express Agency, REA was a joint effort for the railroads to make "less than carload" shipments easier for the consumer.
See all of our videos at: http://www.duluthtrains.com/youtube
The Railway Express Agency is the topic today's video series from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. We make these fun short videos on the regular while the museum is closed as a way for us to bring the museum to you!
The Railway Express Agency, REA was a joint effort for the railroads to make "less than carload" shipments easier for the consumer.
See all of our videos at: http://www.duluthtrains.com/youtube
Get more case briefs explained with Quimbee. Quimbee has over 16,300 case briefs (and counting) keyed to 223 casebooks ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-ove...
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Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York | 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
It’s been said you can’t fight city hall. But that’s just what Railway Express Agency, a national transportation company, tried to do when New York City adopted a traffic regulation that refused to let vehicles post advertisements for other businesses but did allow companies to advertise their own businesses on their vehicles. Railway Express contended that the city’s traffic regulation denied it equal protection of the laws. The United States Supreme Court addressed that constitutional challenge in Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York.
In the 1940s, New York City adopted the regulation prohibiting vehicles in the city from displaying advertisements, except for the company’s own advertisements on its vehicles. The city hoped to prevent automobile drivers and pedestrians from becoming distracted, which could cause traffic accidents. Railway Express Agency, which operated trucks in the city, continued to display other company’s advertisements on the sides of its delivery trucks. The company and thirteen of its drivers were issued tickets for violating the regulation and fined in the city’s magistrates’ court.
On appeal to the Appellate Division of the New York Court of Special Sessions, the company and its drivers challenged the traffic regulation as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it allowed companies to put their own advertisements on the vehicles while prohibiting the posting of other companies’ advertisements. The Appellate Division affirmed the convictions. On further appeal, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Division.
Railway Express and its drivers appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
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Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York | 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
It’s been said you can’t fight city hall. But that’s just what Railway Express Agency, a national transportation company, tried to do when New York City adopted a traffic regulation that refused to let vehicles post advertisements for other businesses but did allow companies to advertise their own businesses on their vehicles. Railway Express contended that the city’s traffic regulation denied it equal protection of the laws. The United States Supreme Court addressed that constitutional challenge in Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York.
In the 1940s, New York City adopted the regulation prohibiting vehicles in the city from displaying advertisements, except for the company’s own advertisements on its vehicles. The city hoped to prevent automobile drivers and pedestrians from becoming distracted, which could cause traffic accidents. Railway Express Agency, which operated trucks in the city, continued to display other company’s advertisements on the sides of its delivery trucks. The company and thirteen of its drivers were issued tickets for violating the regulation and fined in the city’s magistrates’ court.
On appeal to the Appellate Division of the New York Court of Special Sessions, the company and its drivers challenged the traffic regulation as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it allowed companies to put their own advertisements on the vehicles while prohibiting the posting of other companies’ advertisements. The Appellate Division affirmed the convictions. On further appeal, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Division.
Railway Express and its drivers appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
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Railway Express Agency (REA) used to be the main way to ship packages before UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. REA ceased operations in 1975 after more than 50 years of s...
Railway Express Agency (REA) used to be the main way to ship packages before UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. REA ceased operations in 1975 after more than 50 years of service. REA used the transport services of the railroads to ship parcels. Thomas Keyes presents a personal story on the REA where his dad worked for 35 years. Considerations for modeling REA in a layout is also discussed.
This presentation was done for the Mt Vernon Clinic of the 4th Division of the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). For more info on the NMRA and local chapters visit www.nmra.org.
Railway Express Agency (REA) used to be the main way to ship packages before UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. REA ceased operations in 1975 after more than 50 years of service. REA used the transport services of the railroads to ship parcels. Thomas Keyes presents a personal story on the REA where his dad worked for 35 years. Considerations for modeling REA in a layout is also discussed.
This presentation was done for the Mt Vernon Clinic of the 4th Division of the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). For more info on the NMRA and local chapters visit www.nmra.org.
Take a step back in time at the Railway Express Agency building in Salinas
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Note the updating we are doing to the leads into the roundhouse area. Empty stalls are alarming; newly completed track work will allow full sized articulated st...
Note the updating we are doing to the leads into the roundhouse area. Empty stalls are alarming; newly completed track work will allow full sized articulated steam to negotiate the ancient East Yards for the first time since it was built nearly 80 years ago. The Fast Mail glides past the Springs full service REA Depot with a full compliment of Holiday Express and Special Cargo from eastern markets in Chicago and New York.
Note the updating we are doing to the leads into the roundhouse area. Empty stalls are alarming; newly completed track work will allow full sized articulated steam to negotiate the ancient East Yards for the first time since it was built nearly 80 years ago. The Fast Mail glides past the Springs full service REA Depot with a full compliment of Holiday Express and Special Cargo from eastern markets in Chicago and New York.
The case involves an appellant who was fined for selling advertising space on the exterior sides of its trucks on the streets of New York City. The Traffic Regu...
The case involves an appellant who was fined for selling advertising space on the exterior sides of its trucks on the streets of New York City. The Traffic Regulations of the City of New York prohibit advertising vehicles on the streets, but allow business notices on delivery vehicles engaged in the usual business or regular work of the owner. The case is now on appeal to the Supreme Court under Judicial Code § 237 (a), 28 U.S.C. § 344 (a), as amended, now 28 U.S.C. § 1257. The appellant argues that the regulation violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution's Article I, Section 8 by burdening interstate commerce.
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York (1949)
Supreme Court of the United States
336 U.S. 106, 93 L. Ed. 2d 533, 69 S. Ct. 463, 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2800, SCDB 1948-031
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The case involves an appellant who was fined for selling advertising space on the exterior sides of its trucks on the streets of New York City. The Traffic Regulations of the City of New York prohibit advertising vehicles on the streets, but allow business notices on delivery vehicles engaged in the usual business or regular work of the owner. The case is now on appeal to the Supreme Court under Judicial Code § 237 (a), 28 U.S.C. § 344 (a), as amended, now 28 U.S.C. § 1257. The appellant argues that the regulation violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution's Article I, Section 8 by burdening interstate commerce.
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York (1949)
Supreme Court of the United States
336 U.S. 106, 93 L. Ed. 2d 533, 69 S. Ct. 463, 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2800, SCDB 1948-031
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The Railway Express Agency is the topic today's video series from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota. We make these fun short videos on the regular while the museum is closed as a way for us to bring the museum to you!
The Railway Express Agency, REA was a joint effort for the railroads to make "less than carload" shipments easier for the consumer.
See all of our videos at: http://www.duluthtrains.com/youtube
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Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York | 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
It’s been said you can’t fight city hall. But that’s just what Railway Express Agency, a national transportation company, tried to do when New York City adopted a traffic regulation that refused to let vehicles post advertisements for other businesses but did allow companies to advertise their own businesses on their vehicles. Railway Express contended that the city’s traffic regulation denied it equal protection of the laws. The United States Supreme Court addressed that constitutional challenge in Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York.
In the 1940s, New York City adopted the regulation prohibiting vehicles in the city from displaying advertisements, except for the company’s own advertisements on its vehicles. The city hoped to prevent automobile drivers and pedestrians from becoming distracted, which could cause traffic accidents. Railway Express Agency, which operated trucks in the city, continued to display other company’s advertisements on the sides of its delivery trucks. The company and thirteen of its drivers were issued tickets for violating the regulation and fined in the city’s magistrates’ court.
On appeal to the Appellate Division of the New York Court of Special Sessions, the company and its drivers challenged the traffic regulation as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it allowed companies to put their own advertisements on the vehicles while prohibiting the posting of other companies’ advertisements. The Appellate Division affirmed the convictions. On further appeal, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Division.
Railway Express and its drivers appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
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Railway Express Agency (REA) used to be the main way to ship packages before UPS, FedEx, and Amazon. REA ceased operations in 1975 after more than 50 years of service. REA used the transport services of the railroads to ship parcels. Thomas Keyes presents a personal story on the REA where his dad worked for 35 years. Considerations for modeling REA in a layout is also discussed.
This presentation was done for the Mt Vernon Clinic of the 4th Division of the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). For more info on the NMRA and local chapters visit www.nmra.org.
Take a step back in time at the Railway Express Agency building in Salinas
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Note the updating we are doing to the leads into the roundhouse area. Empty stalls are alarming; newly completed track work will allow full sized articulated steam to negotiate the ancient East Yards for the first time since it was built nearly 80 years ago. The Fast Mail glides past the Springs full service REA Depot with a full compliment of Holiday Express and Special Cargo from eastern markets in Chicago and New York.
The case involves an appellant who was fined for selling advertising space on the exterior sides of its trucks on the streets of New York City. The Traffic Regulations of the City of New York prohibit advertising vehicles on the streets, but allow business notices on delivery vehicles engaged in the usual business or regular work of the owner. The case is now on appeal to the Supreme Court under Judicial Code § 237 (a), 28 U.S.C. § 344 (a), as amended, now 28 U.S.C. § 1257. The appellant argues that the regulation violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution's Article I, Section 8 by burdening interstate commerce.
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York (1949)
Supreme Court of the United States
336 U.S. 106, 93 L. Ed. 2d 533, 69 S. Ct. 463, 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2800, SCDB 1948-031
Learn more about this case at https://www.lsd.law/briefs/view/railway-express-agency-inc-v-new-york-120039019
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The Trinity Railway Express (or TRE) is a commuter rail line in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It was established by an interlocal agreement between Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T). Each transit authority owns a 50% stake in the joint rail project and contractor Herzog Transit Services operates the line. The TRE began operating in December 1996.
As of the fourth quarter of 2014, the TRE has an average weekday ridership of 8,200 passengers per day and is the fifteenth most-ridden commuter rail system in the United States. In 2014, the TRE carried 2,293,500 passengers.
Before 2006, the TRE was typically shown as a green line on DART maps and therefore was sometimes referred to as the "Green Line," but this was not an official designation. In 2006, DART chose green as the color for its new light rail route, the Green Line. Since 2006, the TRE has been shown as a dark blue line on DART maps.
History
Named after the Trinity River, which flows between Fort Worth and Dallas, the TRE was launched on December 30, 1996, shortly after the inaugural service of Dallas' DART Light Rail system, operating from Union Station to the South Irving Station in Irving. On September 18, 2000, the line was extended to the Richland Hills Station and, for the first time, there was rail service available between downtown Dallas and DFW Airport. On November 13, 2000 the West Irving Station also opened. On December 3, 2001, the TRE was extended to its current terminus at the T&P Station in downtown Fort Worth.
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Though it seems utopian in Texas, high-speed rail could be a huge boon for the state if implemented strategically ...TrinityRailwayExpress, the existing commuter rail line between downtown Dallas and Fort Worth, takes around an hour.