Budd RDC-1 #407 of the Cape May Seashore Lines.

The Budd Rail Diesel Car or RDC is a self-propelled rail passenger car. During the period 1949-1956 398 RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These cars were primarily adopted for passenger service in rural areas with low traffic density or in short-haul commuter service, and were less expensive to operate in this context than a traditional locomotive-drawn train. The cars could be used singlely or several coupled together in trainsets and controlled from the cab of the front unit. These units were especially popular with Canadian railways such as the Canadian Pacific Railway (where they were known as Dayliners), the Canadian National Railway, and the former BC Rail; VIA Rail still uses RDCs for scheduled services on Vancouver Island and in Northern Ontario, and the planned Blue22 service connecting Toronto to its airport will use refurbished RDCs as well. Since 1994 three RDCs are being used for the OnTrack commuter rail line in Syracuse, New York. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Budd_RDC.png Budd RDC-1 Cape May Seashore Lines #407. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Budd_RDC.png Budd RDC-1 Cape May Seashore Lines #407. ... The Budd Company (now ThyssenKrupp Budd) is a metal fabricator and major supplier of body components to the automobile industry. ... Cape May Seashore Lines is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey. ... Trains can travel at very high speed, are heavy, are unable to deviate from the track and require a great distance to stop. ... Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. A passenger car is a piece of railroad rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Budd Company (now ThyssenKrupp Budd) is a metal fabricator and major supplier of body components to the automobile industry. ... Jump to: navigation, search Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... Jump to: navigation, search A locomotive (from lat. ... The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ... Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class... BC Rail (AAR reporting marks BCOL and BCIT), known as the British Columbia Railway between 1972 and 1984 and as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE; AAR reporting marks PGE and PGER) before 1972, was a railway that operated in the Canadian province of British Columbia between 1912 and 2004. ... VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; pronounced vee-ah) is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search Located off Canadas Pacific coast and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia Vancouver Island is, at 32,134 square kilometers (12,407 square miles), the largest island on the western side of the Americas. ... Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. ... At present there is no railway link between the city of Toronto and its airport, but on 13 November 2003, Transport Canada announced the selection of SNC-Lavalin subsidiary Union Pearson AirLink Group to finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain a train service to the airport from Union Station. ... Jump to: navigation, search {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada location. ... Jump to: navigation, search Toronto Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), located in Mississauga, Ontario, immediately west of Toronto, is Canadas busiest airport and part of the National Airports System. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... OnTrack is a Syracuse, New York commuter train line. ... A Virginia Railway Express locomotive in push-pull commuter service (www. ... Jump to: navigation, search Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ...

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Variants

Budd manufactured five basic variants of the RDC:

• The RDC-1 - an 85' (26 m) all-passenger coach seating 88 passengers.
• The RDC-2 - an 85' (26 m) Railway Post Office and passenger coach configuration seating 71 passengers.
• The RDC-3 - an 85' (26 m) variant with a Railway Post Office, a baggage compartment and 44 passenger seats.
• The RDC-4 - a 65' (20 m) variant with only the Railway Post Office and baggage area.
• The RDC-5 (also known as the RDC-9) - an 85' (26 m) passenger coach seating 82, with no independent control cab.

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Unusual modifications

In an experiment toward high speed rail, the New York Central (NYC) fitted a pair of jet engines atop one of their RDCs and added a shovelnose front to its cab. This RDC, which NYC had numbered M497, set the United States speed record in 1966 when it traveled at just short of 184 miles per hour (296 km/h) between Butler, Indiana, and Stryker, Ohio. TGV Réseau class, Marseille St-Charles station This page is about high speed rail in general. ... The New York Central Railroad, known simply as the New York Central in its publicity and with the AAR reporting mark of NYC, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... Butler is a city located in DeKalb County, Indiana. ... Stryker is a village located in Williams County, Ohio. ...

References

• Scheurle, Bob, New York Central RDC3 #M497. Retrieved March 14, 2005.
• Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists, Wayner Publications, New York, NY.

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External links

• www.budd-rdc.org - a web site about the RDC
• A virtual tour of the Budd RDC

See also

Diesel multiple unit A diesel multiple unit can be: a multiple unit powered by a diesel engine; one or more of these form a passenger train; a combination of diesel powered locomotives operating under the control of one engine-driver, coupled together consecutively, usually at the head end of the train, which further...