The C&EI had an RDC-1 in the 50's that replaced the Chicago-Cypress Meadowlark. It hauled a conventional lightweight coach RT 300 miles or so daily. How...
I don't know how common it was, but the agreement with Budd forbade hauling even one trailer. It wasn't made for such service and they didn't want their toys...
Yep, the New Haven tried the same thing. They painted some of their pre-war "American Flyer" coaches silver, and put one unpowered coach between two RDCs. It...
... even one trailer. It wasn't made for such service and they didn't want their toys playing in that field. ... I know that the Mineapolis & St. Louis used...
The Budd RDC came with a Detroit 6-110 engine and Allison transmission. This stuff was developed from the Army Tank drives. Today you can't hardly by parts...
... two. 8)>> ... The tranny anyway... And anything will fail, if abused. If someone wanted to PAY BUDD to add control gear, to keep the tranny & engine from...
It's all fine and well to say it is worthwhile to find new engines and transmissions for Budd's, but to most owners it is simply not feasible. Cummins diesels...
The original RDC is WAS a fine machine. They had good acceleration and riding qualities. I spent many miles as a passenger in them. My comments about the...
Good point. I have a GMC 4905A coach that was refitted with a 350 HP Detroit 6V-92TA DDEC engine and Allison V731 ADEC tranny, both electronically controlled....
The Chesapeake & Ohio used its former M&StL RDC-4's on a round trip between Ashland and Elkhorn City, KY over the Big Sandy Subdivision. This included a...
Please excuse what may be a simple question for some of you, but I'm not an RDC expert. My question is about CN RDC #D300 serial 5910. The book by Crouse "Budd...
... 1953/06 is probably the order date. It was delivered and put in service 12/28/53 ... I expect that means she was re-engined from the original 275hp...
RDC3m...it was rebuilt to RDC1 specs. You got me on the GM conversion though. I'm guessing it would be the rebuild when CN/VIA put Cummins engines in it. Tyler...
I know this is way out of the current subject, but I've got the Microsoft Train simulator, and found recently that there are sites out there where you can...
Go to http://www.train-sim.com and search for one there. Tyler D <tardis@...> wrote:I know this is way out of the current subject, but I've got the ...
Saw this on one of the lists I am on... has anyone else received this notice? ... The Yahoo! Groups service will be down for scheduled maintenance Friday,...
Well, I guess I have egg-on-my-face over this one... it would seem that this is a hoax that was originated from last year's server move and not something we...
As I re-read Crouse's book over the weekend and a couple of questions came to mind. 1. Crouse states that NH and NYC Budds could not mu with each other when...
... The NYC and the NH (and some other roads as well) did not employ the same brake systems on their cars. Some had an independent brake as well as an ...
... great cars on a tourist line. All the cars that survive are either used in California DOT service out of San Fransisco or in Vermont on the Vermont...
That's not true Jerry, I was talking with someone who works for CalTrain, he says the demotored budds have the nicest ride of all the equipment. Tyler "Jerry...
Where are the ones that were on Metro North? SJW ... From: "Tyler Welsford" <enrailway@...> To: <BUDD-RDC@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003...
Could the rough riding be atributed to the removal of the engines? If the springs are designed to operate with a certain load a lighter car would ride...
I agree with you. The RDC's rode very well in Reading Company service. They were far superior to the electric MU's. They are not a Superliner, but they were...
the Boise budds rode very well on welded rail,I do not know how well they run on stick rail. since the cars have diskbrakes had tendency to develop lots of ...
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=354&Artic leID=76183 [excerpts follow] WILTON [NH] – The second of two hearings by the...
Next Saturday, April 5th, the Alexander Chapter of the N.R.H.S. will be having a Train Show at the Hickory Metro Center in Hickory, N.C. From what I am...
