Thanks for this great RDC video... and SO Great to "hear" that this one hasn't been "re-powered" with 4 stroke Cummins (nor, Cat) diesels, as So many have been... just "kills" what an RDC should be, and sound like!! Love the sweet "music" of those original twin 6-110 Detroits!!
I rode this unit several times, back in the 70's when in service from Versailles Pa. to Pittsburgh Pa. Did hit speeds to about 50 mph between McKeesport and Braddock too.
My son loves trains 🚆🛤🚞🚝🚉🚈🚇🚅🚄🚃🚂🚋🚊 especially railcars like that one he thinks they are highly underrated and should be preserved, restored, and put back into service carrying both passengers and mail on lines that are not used anymore or at least don't get passenger service. He also thinks that Siemens, Progress Rail, or any other company that builds railroad equipment should build clones of RDC's and the departments of transportation should restore and rebuild railroad tracks that were abandoned and removed and run these on them.
I love seeing RDC's in service, especially when they are running as God and the Budd Co. intended them to run and not as a coach or cab car. I GOT to get out there this summer as I understand this will be its last season there. I rode the Reading and PRSL RDC's many times as a kid, and seeing this car running in its rural forest surroundings and old small towns brings back memories of seeing the Reading's RDC's in upstate PA north of Reading.
Very impressive video. The FCRR's 9913 is currently on lease from the Baltimore & Ohio Museum in Baltimore, MD. The 2010 season will be the Budd Car's last season with the FCRR before it returns back to the Museum. Get your shots while you are able to. At the ending, that is Greene Junction on the CSX Pittsburgh Subdivision, at the foot of the Sandpatch grade. The bridge above and just before the bridge into Greene Junction, was the former Western Maryland mainline.
Thanks,I am converting several PROTO 1000 RDC's to DCC W/Sound using Digitrax SDH164 decoders from Yankee Dabbler downloaded with the RDC sounds and they are really true to the sounds on your video. Thanks to you, I also get to see details of these unique BUDD cars as well.which help me make them as prototypical as possible.
i own several RDC's I would like to use them in a train,with other cars for push-pull service,maybe one day soon I would have a place large enough for a layout.God willing.
At the time this was shot, the line was an infrequently used short line which the tourist train used on weekends. In the last year, business on the line has increased significantly because of the Marcellus shale industry, causing the tourist train to cease operations after this year.
That's because it has two GM 110 engines in it. They are similar to the 6-71 Detroit Diesel engines, except larger. They are not turbocharged, only supercharged, and they make 275HP each. It's a horizontally mounted, two stroke, "uniflow" design (it has no intake valves!).
Australian has the Budd Car (CB1 and CB2), sadly the CB 3 was in a fatal level crossing, killing a passenger and the driver. Is there anyone that can contact me in relation to the building and servicing of the Budd Cars. The CB 1 has been totally restored and the CB 2 may be acquired by myself if I can gain financial help to restore it and also gain servicing of the train, this is Australia last CB train in its rail history.
Thanks for this great RDC video... and SO Great to "hear" that this one hasn't been "re-powered" with 4 stroke Cummins (nor, Cat) diesels, as So many have been... just "kills" what an RDC should be, and sound like!! Love the sweet "music" of those original twin 6-110 Detroits!!
Cat engines are better
that is some machine
I rode this unit several times, back in the 70's when in service from Versailles Pa. to Pittsburgh Pa. Did hit speeds to about 50 mph between McKeesport and Braddock too.
It be great if Port Authority had gotten a couple to run between downtown and to or any other route. Bring back the PATrain.
Este lo tenemos en Cuba.
Perhaps one of the best railroad videos I have ever seen!
Finally got out there last weekend!! LOVED every minute of it. Great video you have here with some nice runpasts. Thumbs up and favorited.
LOVE that budliner on the street LOVE IT
My son loves trains 🚆🛤🚞🚝🚉🚈🚇🚅🚄🚃🚂🚋🚊 especially railcars like that one he thinks they are highly underrated and should be preserved, restored, and put back into service carrying both passengers and mail on lines that are not used anymore or at least don't get passenger service. He also thinks that Siemens, Progress Rail, or any other company that builds railroad equipment should build clones of RDC's and the departments of transportation should restore and rebuild railroad tracks that were abandoned and removed and run these on them.
I love seeing RDC's in service, especially when they are running as God and the Budd Co. intended them to run and not as a coach or cab car. I GOT to get out there this summer as I understand this will be its last season there. I rode the Reading and PRSL RDC's many times as a kid, and seeing this car running in its rural forest surroundings and old small towns brings back memories of seeing the Reading's RDC's in upstate PA north of Reading.
alittle after teatment clean that exhaust right up
Very nice!
Whoa, that's crazy! So weird to see an RDC running--especially in the street!
Sharing the road ... why not
Very impressive video. The FCRR's 9913 is currently on lease from the Baltimore & Ohio Museum in Baltimore, MD. The 2010 season will be the Budd Car's last season with the FCRR before it returns back to the Museum. Get your shots while you are able to. At the ending, that is Greene Junction on the CSX Pittsburgh Subdivision, at the foot of the Sandpatch grade. The bridge above and just before the bridge into Greene Junction, was the former Western Maryland mainline.
So Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum will lease out operational locomotives on work release?
Nice
Wow ! Talk about street running !!
wonderful
Thanks,I am converting several PROTO 1000 RDC's to DCC W/Sound using Digitrax SDH164 decoders from Yankee Dabbler downloaded with the RDC sounds and they are really true to the sounds on your video. Thanks to you, I also get to see details of these unique BUDD cars as well.which help me make them as prototypical as possible.
Love the street running, are there any freight trains that use that stretch of track?
That's too unreal if a moving carriage is on the tram roads
i own several RDC's I would like to use them in a train,with other cars for push-pull service,maybe one day soon I would have a place large enough for a layout.God willing.
Wish these were still around in regular service.
Come to Canada. VIA Rail Canada still uses them from Sudbury Ontario to White River Ontario in regular service
They could just go thru red lights.
it's a train
I just wish my eyesight was as good as yours....
At the time this was shot, the line was an infrequently used short line which the tourist train used on weekends. In the last year, business on the line has increased significantly because of the Marcellus shale industry, causing the tourist train to cease operations after this year.
Jason Lowe Photography that RDC needs a K5LA
The Budd rail car sounds like a city bus.
That's because it has two GM 110 engines in it. They are similar to the 6-71 Detroit Diesel engines, except larger. They are not turbocharged, only supercharged, and they make 275HP each. It's a horizontally mounted, two stroke, "uniflow" design (it has no intake valves!).
Australian has the Budd Car (CB1 and CB2), sadly the CB 3 was in a fatal level crossing, killing a passenger and the driver. Is there anyone that can contact me in relation to the building and servicing of the Budd Cars. The CB 1 has been totally restored and the CB 2 may be acquired by myself if I can gain financial help to restore it and also gain servicing of the train, this is Australia last CB train in its rail history.