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	Budd Rail Diesel Car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Budd Rail Diesel Car or RDC is a self-propelled diesel-hydraulic rail passenger car.
		The cars could be used singly or several coupled together in trainsets and controlled from the cab of the front unit.
		The basic car was adapted from a standard 85 ft (26 m) coach.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Budd_Rail_Diesel_Car (864 words)

	RDC2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Proclaiming it was a “Revolution on Rails” the Budd rail diesel car closely resembled the California Zephyr vistadome coaches in appearance, although the “dome” contained the engine cooling system rather than observation seats.
		Mounted under the car floor were two sixcylinder, 275-h.p General Motors diesel inline engines with the power drive provided by Allison torque converters, developed for heavy tank use during the war.
		The car was fully insulated against heat, cold and noise, and completely airconditioned by seventon, electromechanical equipment especially designed for railway car use by the Frigidaire Division of General Motors.
	www.wplives.com /motivepower/drosters/RDC2/rdc2.html (787 words)

	MTH Electric Trains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Their solution was the RDC (Rail Diesel Car), a self-propelled passenger car railroads could use on low ridership routes and branch lines.
		Commonly known as "Budd" cars, these streamlined RDCs were a cross between a locomotive and a passenger car.
		The diesel motors were placed beneath the car frame, and the exhausts, radiators, and air intakes were mounted in a top section above the roof that resembled a vista dome found on streamlined passenger cars.
	www.mth-railking.com /detail.asp?item=30-2233-1 (232 words)

	NJ, NY & CT COMMUTER RAIL EQUIPMENT
		All cars were disposed of or sold off through the 1980's as new equipment came on line.
		The observation car from the Lackawanna's Phoebe Snow has survived (as MN-3), as have a couple of former NYC club cars (MN-1, and -2).
		The cars were designated "Shoreliners" by Metro-North, since they would be serving on the Hudson and New Haven Lines (both bordering bodies of water).
	piercehaviland.com /rail/roster.html (1817 words)

	Steamtown NHS: Special History Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rudolf Diesel filed a patent on an internal combustion engine based on what is called the compression ignition principle in Augsburg, Germany, in 1892.
		The builders demonstrated their diesel- electric long and hard on 14 railroads As a consequence, on October 20, 1925, the American Locomotive Company sold the first commercially produced diesel-electric locomotive in the United States to the Central Railroad of New Jersey (also known as the "Jersey Central"), which assigned it the number 1000.
		Fairbanks, Morse and Company had produced a diesel engine that proved to be so efficient, the War Production Board diverted its entire output for use in navy submarines, thus forcing Fairbanks-Morse entirely out of the diesel- electric locomotive business until 1944, during a critical period in the development of diesel-electric locomotives.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/steamtown/shs5.htm (2362 words)

	Return of the diesel railcar? - includes related article on the history of diesel railcars Railway Age - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Diesel railcars can be a cost-effective alternative to locomotive-hauled passenger trains, and are experiencing a world-wide resurgence.
		The ability to operate diesel railcars in multiple also offers the additional advantage of a high degree of flexibility in combining or separating trainsets to meet varying traffic demands, or to serve multiple destinations.
		Any major application of diesel railcar technology in North America, however, will depend upon the availability of proven modern designs that can deliver a high standard of passenger service, and which can be operated economically and with a high level of reliability.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n4_v196/ai_16826600 (866 words)

	Budd RDC Mini-FAQ - HARRIS Mountaintop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Doodlebugs usually had a vestibule at the rear end and provisions for attaching additional, unpowered cars.
		There are two (one for each truck) GM/Detroit Diesel 6-110 series diesel engines under-the-deck in weather-protected housings.
		Additional, powered cars were often attached to the lead RDC.
	www.northeast.railfan.net /rdc_faq.html (361 words)

	RIDING ON BUDD CARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I always have been fascinated with the Budd Rail Diesel Car or RDC for short.
		Known to many railroads as the Budd Cars they served on commuter and short haul lines for most of the railroads from the 1950's to the present.
		I immediately went to the front car which was closed off due to no air conditioning and introduce myself and Dad to the engineer.
	railfan45.tripod.com /id9.html (545 words)

	- Budd RDC dimensions
		"RDC: THE BUDD RAIL-DIESEL-CAR, by Donald Duke and Edmund Keilty.
		The story evolves around a search for a self-contained, self-propelled rail car to cut costs on suburban and branch lines, and described are some of the earliest rail cars from steam and battery operated vehicles, to the gas-electric car.
		This book describes Budd's experiment with a stainless steel rubber tired car as a joint effort with Michelin, the first RDC prototype, Budd's entry into stainless steel car building following the Pioneer Zephyr, and the birth and growth of the RDC car.
	www.trainnet.org /dcforum/DCForumID24/65.html (673 words)

	www.budd-rdc.org - The Budd RDC (Rail Diesel Car)
		The Rail Diesel Car, also known as the RDC or Budd Car, was a series of self-propelled diesel passenger trains produced by the Budd company of Philadelphia between 1949 and 1962.
		Most Budd RDC services now use a minimum of two RDCs in multiple - a sensible precaution given their age, and the loss of one of the four available engines on the pair is far from uncommon but typically does not impact on the train's ability to keep to it's timetable.
		One of the keys to the design of the Budd RDC units was their ability to be linked together with other similar units to operate as a single train under the control of one driver.
	www.budd-rdc.org /introduction.html (2033 words)

	RailImages.com :: Budd Rail Diesel Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		B&M Budd RDC1 is in Charlestown, Ma., 26Aug75.
		B&M 6208 Budd RDC2 is at North Station in Boston, Ma., 21Jan77.
		MBTA 46 (ex-PC, nee-NH 46) Budd RDC1 is at Walpole, Ma., 7Jul78.
	www.railimages.com /gallery/album468 (228 words)

	N Scale Supply - Golden West Books
		RDC: The Budd Rail Diesel Car is the complete story of this unique railcar, from its conception to current status.
		This book discusses how the cars were built, their controls, and the various railroads that purchases them.
		Also considered is the RDC-9, a blind-powered trailer car built for the Boston and Maine.
	www.nscalesupply.com /GWB/GWB.html (180 words)

	Riding Railkits Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Car kit - fluted side, corrugated streamliners, extruded aluminum body (clear anodized), cast urethane ends and details, acrylic windows, photo-etched screens, working diaphragms, trucks and couplers included, suitable for riding.
		A very sturdy car, meant to carry 350 lb people, or to haul gravel which is shoveled in and out.
		This is a very special kit and it is a working car as well.
	www.ridingrailkits.com /pricing.html (603 words)

	What's happened to the diesel railcar revival? - Railway Age, July 2000
		But hardly had the diesel railcar been declared dead when it came back to life in a flurry of proposals for new passenger rail starts with DMU equipment, together with supplier proposals for a variety of new designs for the North American market.
		NCTD plans to use diesel LRT, and will separate operations from other rail traffic by confining freight operations to hours outside those for passenger service and by building separate tracks between the Oceanside Transit Center and the junction of the branch with the Los Angeles-San Diego main line.
		Midwest Regional Rail Initiative: In 1998 a coalition of nine states, Amtrak, and FRA completed the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative plan, which proposed a 3,000-mile, 110-mph network of 11 routes radiating from a Chicago hub and suggested DMUs and other equipment options.
	www.railwayage.com /jul00/dmu.html (1592 words)

	Project 6211
		View a schematic and a description of the Rail Diesel Car from a Budd Company manual.
		New window units have been received for the car and are in storage.
		Project 6211 consultant Dan O'Brien surveyed the car for missing components to be procured.
	www.bedforddepot.org /6211/project6211.htm (421 words)

	About Rail Diesel Car 6211
		A special part of the Depot Park project is former Boston and Maine Railroad Budd Rail Diesel Car #6211.
		This vintage combination passenger-baggage car was built in 1955 for the BandM.
		The BandM Railroad was the largest user of self-propelled Budd RDCs; it purchased 109 of the 404 cars that were manufactured between 1949 and 1962.
	www.bedforddepot.org /About_Project_6211.html (313 words)

	bevteccom.co.uk - Railways of the World - Budd RDC
		The first shot shows BC-31 and BC-15 plus the south side of Williams Lake depot seen from the road; the second one shows BC-31 from the depot car park; the third shows the north side of the depot at BC-15 and BC-31; the final shot is a close-up of BC-15.
		Footnote: After the termination of the Cariboo Prospector service, three of the Budd cars were sold to the Oregon Department of Transport to operate a summer-only tourist train from Portland OR to Astoria OR.
		Fire damaged RDC-1 BC-14 was purchased by a private collector and is to live at the West Coast Rail Heritage Park in Squamish, BC (On the Sea-to-Sky Highway between Vancouver and Whistler).
	www.bevteccom.co.uk /Rail/rdc/bcr-Sep02.html (839 words)

	Kato USA Inc Model Trains Passenger Cars N Scale
		Specifications: Cars are based on the prototype passenger cars that were common to many North American railroads from the 1940s to the 1960s.
		The original 1400-series MHC-1 cars were built by Thrall in 1986 utilizing rebuilt trucks from former REA express cars with a short wheelbase.
		Cars are based on the 1953 Super Chief operated by the Santa Fe.
	www.hobbylinc.com /prods/udb_kat.htm (1460 words)

	The New York Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society Inc.
		This car has been active as an educational tool as well as a resource available for promoting the NYSandW Railway, the Society itself, and attractions adjacent to the railroad.
		Following the demise of the CNJ in 1976, the car became property of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and later New Jersey Transit.
		After receiving the car on long-term lease from the United Rail Historical Society (URHS) in August of 1989, the NYSandW TandHS began its project to restore the M-1 back to as delivered appearance.
	www.nyswths.org /about.htm (588 words)

	State College RailRoad Sites
		The rails were pulled in the early 1970s (after damage to Bellefonte Central's bridges from hurricane Agnes in 1972).
		The rails were partially pulled in the early 1970s and some areas were paved over.
		A map and table data for Active and Abandoned Rail Line Data for Centre County from the PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources.
	jdb.psu.edu /trains/sites.html (1089 words)

	RDC
		This book chronicles, in word and picture, the history and development of the Budd Company's Rail-Diesel-Car, better known as the RDC.
		This book describes Budd's experiment with a stainless steel rubber-tired railcar, the first RDC prototype, Budd's entry into the stainless steel car business and the birth and growth of the RDC car.
		A vast appendix features every carriers which operated RDC cars, a description of how the cars were used, route maps, and rosters of each railroad.
	www.railroadtrainbooks.com /item13353.ctlg (105 words)

	Budd RDC
		We have a picture of a Budd RDC in the snow and an RDC in Quebec's Eastern Townships Section.
		The SPV was in some eyes a failure but in most railroaders that did understand them a car that was way to advanced for the railroads of 80's.
		On passenger trains, railroads operated lots of equipment other than sleepers, coaches, dining cars, etc. This equipment was generally called 'head-end' equipment, these 'freight' cars were at one time plentiful and highly profitable for the railroads.
	www.rosshorwood.com /RailSiteLinksFiles/BuddRDC.html (692 words)

	Canada Southern Railway Models (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Originally, in rail yards across the country, the Budd-built Rail Diesel Car was probably held in the same esteem as most of us have for our little brother.
		The RDC would share the roster with mighty elder-statesman steam and hot-shot diesel locomotives, seemingly as a tag-along and only to be sent out daily on errands and routes deemed too measly for its bigger brothers.
		The car has a plastic body with operating hopper doors, an AB brake system, a coal load, wire grab irons, metal wheelsets, and a choice of couplers.
	home.eol.ca /~ianmc/ian/cs/csmodels/text/csmodels.htm (3845 words)

	Diesel Locomotives 3
		There is a story about car 2960 that was running about 70 mph on the way to Montreal when it slammed into a 6 feet high by 40 feet long snow bank.
		During the summer of 1948, the Budd Company decided to produce light weight self-propelled passenger cars by combining their stainless steel fabrication processes with advanced truck design and a new slant-6 engine developed by GM.
		The Budd Co. built over 400 RDC units and by 1957, most were operating across North America.
	www.vnerr.com /fl/diesel3.htm (682 words)

	Amtrak Acela Test Trains Page 1-of-3-!!-Stan's RailPix.
		This first "High-speed" railcar, was a 13 year old Budd RDC (rail diesel car) that had once run in the Boston and Albany Beeliner Fleet.
		The diesel engines were disconnected and 2 GE J-47 turbojet aircraft engines were mounted on the roof.
		The car had a streamlined front, and special cylindrical tread wheels were installed.
	www.trainweb.org /railpix/acelatest1.html (601 words)

	Literature at Bedford Freight House Online
		The Boston and Maine Railroad has long captured the hearts of rail enthusiasts, and its locomotives are models of the majesty, power, and romance of American rail.
		Each chapter comprises a lively, detailed chronicle of a rail line and its branches, a map showing the line's relationship to other lines, an all-time station list, and information about when the line was built, its operators, the number of passenger trains, and dates of abandonment.
		This book describes Budd's experiment with a stainless steel rubber-tired railcar, the first RDC prototype in the 1940s, the company's entry into the stainless steel railroad car business, and the birth and growth of the RDC.
	fbdp6211.fatcow.com /store/page7.html (2467 words)

	N Scale Supply - KATO
		Commonly known as the "RDC," the motorized Rail Diesel Car generally operated in rural areas where ridership and mail/parcel transport were too low for regular passenger train service.
		Capable of being operated by a motorman from either end of the car, these units could be used independently or combined to create a two- or three-unit consist.
		An excellent book with the complete history of the RDC is "RDC, The Budd Rail Diesel Car" by Donald Duke and Edmund Keilty (Golden West Books).
	www.nscalesupply.com /KAT/KAT-RDC.html (421 words)

	Budd RDC
		Groups list is to provide railfans and railroad modelers of BUDD RDCs a forum for where they can share information, ideas and photographs related to these cars...
		For the first time in 15 years, 1950-style Rail Diesel Cars are running alongside Route 9 north of Cape May. They currently operate 10 miles of track (owned by NJ Transit) between Cold Spring Village and the Cape May County Zoo in the town of Cape May Court House.
		Rail Bus #9020 was a Brill car built in 1925 that had a 120 hp gasoline engine and a manual transmission similar to trucks.
	www.lakemirabel.com /Railroad/BuddRDC1.html (2541 words)

	Bryan Ceremony to Mark U.S. Railroad Speed Record
		Wetzel, a New York Central brakeman and relief engineer who had been a military aircraft mechanic during World War II, was hand-picked to oversee the M-497's conversion from an ordinary Budd Rail Diesel Car to a jet train 30 days before the test, then assigned to the controls.
		But after the test, the M-497's jet equipment and test monitoring devices were removed, its diesel engines were reconnected, and it returned to its workaday task of shuttling commuters between New York City and Albany, N.Y. The car was retired 11 years later and is believed to have been scrapped some years after that.
		Officials noted at the time that 180-mph jet trains would have to share track with freights running 50 mph or slower, and many miles of extra track would have needed to be built to keep the faster trains moving.
	www.depotnews.com /RAIL/031118NEWSe.htm (720 words)

	The Budd Company: Rail Diesel Car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Budd Rail Diesel Car from the Reading Company.
		The same kind of car was supplied to E.F. Central do Brasil during late fifties.
		This photo, taken from the Car & Locomotive Cyclopedia, 1966 edition, is a courtesy of Hermes Yoiti Hinuy, from São Paulo SP.
	www.pell.portland.or.us /~efbrazil/budd_rdc.html (55 words)

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