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The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC), also known as the Budd car or Buddliner, is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcar. Between 1949 and 1962, 398 RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.
These cars were replaced with more modern, air-conditioned M-4 units from 1997 to 1999. Some cars were transferred to the Norristown High Speed Line in the early 1990s. The cars had to be re-trucked, because the Norristown line is standard gauge (4' 8½") while the Market-Frankford line is Pennsylvania trolley gauge (5' 2½"). [13]
1923 Glenrock train wreck, Glenrock, Wyoming; 30 killed plus 66 injured. Remains the state of Wyoming's deadliest rail disaster to date [113] [114] 1925 Rockport train wreck, Rockport, New Jersey; ~45 killed plus ~25 injured [115] 1925 Granite train wreck, Granite, Colorado; 2 killed plus 107 injured [116]
Metroliners were designed to exceed the 130 mph (210 km/h) top speeds on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen in Japan, seen here in 1967. On August 9, 1965, with the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 pending, representatives from the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), and a private consulting firm began setting specifications for an electric ...
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum homes 4 Coaches and 2 Cab Control cars, which are used on their bigger, more popular trains. Ex-Metra cab car 8758 is stored at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo, California, with CZRY reporting marks. [24] The Baja California Railroad also makes use of some gallery cars on the Tijuana-Tecate Tourist ...
A Georgia man has admitted to killing an elderly couple after luring them through Craigslist about a car nearly a decade ago. Bud and June Runion were found fatally shot on a road in Telfair ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
In June 1963, the New York City Transit Authority contracted with Budd for 600 IND/BMT cars (300 pairs) to replace older equipment (cars that had exceeded the TA's 35-year limit of age), including the BMT D-type Triplex articulated cars and some of the BMT Standards. At the time, this was the largest railcar order ever placed in the United ...