Railway Express Agency
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railway-express-agency-184-720304
title:
Railway Express Agency
text:
Railway Express Agency (REA), founded as the American Railway Express Agency and later renamed the American Railway Express Inc., was a national package delivery service that operated in the United States from 1918 to 1975. REA arranged transport and delivery via existing railroad infrastructure, much as today's UPS or DHL companies use roads and air transport. It was created through the forced consolidation of existing services into a national near-monopoly to ensure the rapid and safe movement
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Express_Agency
date created:
2005-02-28T22:20:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T07:21:33Z
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