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What is an RDC or "Doodlebug?" 1 2 3 by Richard Y - Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:40 pm	32 Replies 40120 Views	by Rockingham Racer Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:43 pm
New Look of Railroad.Net & Self-Propelled Railcars by CNJ - Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:08 pm	0 Replies 8679 Views	by CNJ Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:08 pm
RDCs in Toronto Ontario by revrnd - Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:44 am	2 Replies 9419 Views	by dowlingm Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:21 pm
What companies are producing RDC/SPVs today for American use? by rrbluesman - Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:32 pm	3 Replies 2435 Views	by electricron Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:22 pm
TriMet buys two RDCs to backup WES trains by electricron - Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:44 pm	6 Replies 10347 Views	by wigwagfan Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:53 pm
US Railcar by bigK - Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:05 pm	5 Replies 14207 Views	by DutchRailnut Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:07 pm
Stadler FLIRT DMUs by electricron - Fri Sep 14, 2018 11:51 pm	4 Replies 12785 Views	by electricron Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:38 pm
Stadler GTW 1 2 by electricron - Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:59 am	20 Replies 18544 Views	by electricron Sun Mar 11, 2018 9:33 am
Budds alive and well on TRE by Rockingham Racer - Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:52 am	11 Replies 14172 Views	by dowlingm Sat May 06, 2017 7:59 pm
Pre-Amtrak RDC Discussion 1 2 by Alcochaser - Tue Apr 18, 2017 1:44 pm	21 Replies 8010 Views	by ExCon90 Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:21 pm
A ride on a Great Western Railway steam rail motor by philipmartin - Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:32 pm	0 Replies 4172 Views	by philipmartin Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:32 pm
Nevada State Railroad Museum McKeen Car by John_Perkowski - Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:27 pm	0 Replies 3236 Views	by John_Perkowski Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:27 pm
1952 RDC promo video by philipmartin - Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:51 pm	0 Replies 3595 Views	by philipmartin Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:51 pm
Nippon Sharyo/Sumitomo DMU 1 2 by mtuandrew - Wed May 14, 2014 10:49 pm	18 Replies 15604 Views	by electricron Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:07 am
The SPV or Budd's last effort 1 2 by DutchRailnut - Sun Apr 04, 2004 2:09 pm	23 Replies 24935 Views	by kilroy Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:59 pm
RDC Demo Trip ca. 1950 by ExCon90 - Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:01 pm	0 Replies 10906 Views	by ExCon90 Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:01 pm
Budd RDC's near Alewife Station in Cambridge, Mass. in 1992 by Rabid Transit - Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:05 pm	4 Replies 6376 Views	by Rabid Transit Sun May 17, 2015 10:10 pm
Modern Self Propelled Cars by MikeCDN - Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:40 pm	3 Replies 5437 Views	by electricron Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:50 pm
Amtrak Metroliner/Cabcar B-End by Acela82 - Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:52 pm	2 Replies 11946 Views	by Acela82 Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:18 pm
CDOT SPV Interior by GP40MC 1116 - Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:59 pm	1 Replies 11639 Views	by DutchRailnut Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:14 pm
do MU cars have use sand for traction by wborys - Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:22 am	10 Replies 7248 Views	by DutchRailnut Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:52 am
Reading Budd-Micheline Rail Car by philipmartin - Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:43 am	1 Replies 5226 Views	by BandA Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:22 pm
Budd RDC power transmission by BERK44 - Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:17 pm	4 Replies 16677 Views	by DutchRailnut Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:58 pm
CMSL National Train Day Train Rides by FullScale4Me - Mon May 06, 2013 3:52 pm	1 Replies 8940 Views	by bystander Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:10 am
South African steam railmotors by philipmartin - Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:47 pm	0 Replies 4837 Views	by philipmartin Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:47 pm
McKeen cars Downunder by philipmartin - Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:08 am	1 Replies 5140 Views	by philipmartin Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:24 am
J. G. Brill Company lettering by crownhill1915 - Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:12 pm	0 Replies 11572 Views	by crownhill1915 Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:12 pm
fastest Budd car by NorthPennLimited - Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:05 pm	10 Replies 8646 Views	by 4400Washboard Wed May 14, 2014 9:14 pm
Book About RDCs? by jhdeasy - Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:15 am	7 Replies 8173 Views	by JayBee Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:01 am
A Few Questions About DMUs in the US, Now by joshg1 - Fri Oct 04, 2013 9:57 pm	11 Replies 8605 Views	by mtuandrew Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:39 pm
Solar powered light rail by jstolberg - Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:32 am	0 Replies 5462 Views	by jstolberg Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:32 am
sperry 128 by northpit - Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:15 pm	1 Replies 5778 Views	by DutchRailnut Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:35 pm
PRR Gas-Electric OEG 350 - Questions ... by .Taurus. - Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:30 pm	7 Replies 12317 Views	by polybalt Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:07 pm
Electric speeder? by RussNelson - Sun May 11, 2008 12:22 pm	6 Replies 11342 Views	by kpkirsch Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:43 am
DMUs as Cabcars? by Redshirt214 - Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:58 pm	7 Replies 16083 Views	by Jeff Smith Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:11 pm
Budd RDC Builder's plate by xebec007 - Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:30 am	2 Replies 15709 Views	by ex Budd man Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:41 am
NYC RDC3 M497 by tocfan - Mon May 14, 2007 6:52 pm	7 Replies 11116 Views	by bigK Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:36 am
RDC questions 1 2 by BlockLine_4111 - Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:37 pm	21 Replies 24304 Views	by edbear Sat May 12, 2012 10:09 pm
Colorado Railcar DMU Status 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 by NellieBly - Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:49 am	109 Replies 49448 Views	by electricron Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:43 pm
New Jersey - RDCs (various roads) by BlockLine_4111 - Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:09 pm	10 Replies 11665 Views	by mitch kennedy Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:25 pm
Sumitomo/Nippon Sharyo favored to win SMART DMU contract by electricron - Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:08 pm	12 Replies 13424 Views	by electricron Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:47 pm
SEPTA's RDCs by Pacobell73 - Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:38 pm	9 Replies 17832 Views	by jhdeasy Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:41 am
Status of B&O's RDCs by R,N, Nelson - Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:51 am	1 Replies 7204 Views	by glennk419 Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:08 pm
RDC's cut into regular consists 1 2 by atlpete - Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:39 pm	26 Replies 21212 Views	by CarterB Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:03 pm
New life breathed into old RDC's by fl9m2026 - Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:12 am	3 Replies 8537 Views	by 3rdKeag Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:11 am
Oldest RDC's in commuter service (Not tourist)? by 3rdKeag - Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:34 pm	1 Replies 6765 Views	by Rockingham Racer Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:52 pm
Evans "Auto Railer" in 1935 by Aa3rt - Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:31 pm	0 Replies 7524 Views	by Aa3rt Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:31 pm
abandon MBTA RDC-1 1 2 by daylight4449 - Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:42 pm	23 Replies 17935 Views	by daylight4449 Thu May 12, 2011 6:32 pm
Resigning Moderator Duty by CNJ - Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:37 am	1 Replies 7641 Views	by Jeff Smith Sun May 01, 2011 11:49 am
Three Budd electrics still working March 1, 2011 by chuchubob - Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:21 pm	2 Replies 8116 Views	by CNJ Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:46 pm
Punxiana Coal Company / Brill Model #55 Rail Car by crownhill1915 - Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:10 am	0 Replies 14059 Views	by crownhill1915 Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:10 am
Merry Christmas! by CNJ - Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:21 am	0 Replies 7252 Views	by CNJ Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:21 am
RDC variations - 5, 6 7 and 8 by modorney - Tue May 11, 2010 5:34 pm	10 Replies 10194 Views	by ENR3870 Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:18 am
CNJ "Sputnik" question by EDM5970 - Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:42 pm	4 Replies 7952 Views	by EDM5970 Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:00 pm
A question for Dutch by fl9m2026 - Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:38 pm	2 Replies 8074 Views	by fl9m2026 Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:43 am
RDC's and Doodlebugs in operation in 2009 by Schaffner - Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:12 pm	12 Replies 12965 Views	by Ken W2KB Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:42 am
RDC9???? 1 2 by Engineer James - Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:22 am	22 Replies 22287 Views	by keyboardkat Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:02 pm
The next-generation RDC for Boston? 1 2 by typesix - Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:28 pm	26 Replies 19338 Views	by keyboardkat Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:04 pm
RailClassics: The last operational Budd RDC 1 2 3 by Engineer James - Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:24 pm	30 Replies 30211 Views	by oaksmodelrr Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:27 am
Speeders and rail bikes by jambo101 - Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:30 am	3 Replies 15369 Views	by litz Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:48 pm
DMU Ident help.... by tausugRAIL - Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:00 am	3 Replies 8842 Views	by pnr Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:41 pm
Budd RDC Promotional Video 1952 by bridpath - Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:54 am	2 Replies 7268 Views	by bridpath Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:38 am
Dominion Atlantic Dayliners by NS VIA FAN - Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:17 pm	0 Replies 7500 Views	by NS VIA FAN Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:17 pm
Optimist seeks SPV's for private Delaware commuter line 1 2 by Jeff Smith - Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:26 pm	16 Replies 16489 Views	by RedLantern Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:43 pm
Merry Christmas! by CNJ - Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:49 am	1 Replies 7787 Views	by glennk419 Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:45 pm
Can a Budd car pull 1 or 2 freight cars? by rearedevice - Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:02 pm	5 Replies 9668 Views	by CNJ Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:17 pm
Best Practices for Low Density Passenger Rail by North9ON - Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:10 am	4 Replies 9590 Views	by electricron Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:50 pm
VIA to rebuild RDC's by DutchRailnut - Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:52 am	1 Replies 8055 Views	by Allen Hazen Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:19 am
Budd SPV 1 2 by kevikens - Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:46 pm	18 Replies 20800 Views	by NV290 Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:54 am
RDC collection move. by DutchRailnut - Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:25 pm	1 Replies 8066 Views	by CNJ Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:36 pm
Lilooet Railbus by goodnightjohnwayne - Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:15 pm	1 Replies 8458 Views	by ENR3870 Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:56 am
Rare Mileage in a self-propelled Interurban by isaksenj - Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:58 pm	0 Replies 7777 Views	by isaksenj Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:58 pm
Meter Gauge Budd RDCs running in Brazil by goodnightjohnwayne - Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:57 pm	1 Replies 7420 Views	by scotty269 Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:18 pm
Question about Santa Fe Budd RDC's by Engineer James - Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:06 am	9 Replies 12272 Views	by jbvb Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:22 pm
DMU a no show at its own roll out by DutchRailnut - Wed May 03, 2006 8:45 pm	1 Replies 8764 Views	by hemihead Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:10 pm
RDC-4 by EMD567 - Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:48 pm	11 Replies 20631 Views	by TomNelligan Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:23 pm
In Liquidation: Colorado Railcar 1 2 3 by John_Perkowski - Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:04 pm	34 Replies 26205 Views	by DutchRailnut Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:12 pm
Who like DMUs and Railcars? by thaitransit - Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:38 pm	1 Replies 7164 Views	by Otto Vondrak Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:17 pm
VIA RDCs to Cuba by riffian - Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:25 pm	4 Replies 8978 Views	by CarterB Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:30 am
Motorcar/Speeder Article from NY Times by westr - Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:28 pm	0 Replies 7767 Views	by westr Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:28 pm
Hand-car Regatta, 9/28/2008, Santa Rosa, CA by RussNelson - Fri May 23, 2008 4:56 pm	4 Replies 9771 Views	by handcarregatta Sat May 31, 2008 1:45 pm
Homemade "speeder" for abandoned rails by RussNelson - Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:53 am	5 Replies 19289 Views	by Steam501 Sat May 24, 2008 3:26 pm
RDC Program at Amherst (MA) Railway Society, April 15 by dcm74 - Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:48 pm	0 Replies 14639 Views	by dcm74 Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:48 pm
Good News for Budd RDC Lovers 1 2 by Engineer James - Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:09 pm	19 Replies 23985 Views	by SLR 393 Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:37 pm
Lehigh Valley Doodlebugs by GRSJr - Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:56 pm	4 Replies 11216 Views	by scharnhorst Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:40 pm
Rotem DMUs by cloudship - Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:40 pm	0 Replies 8102 Views	by cloudship Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:40 pm
Merry Christmas! by CNJ - Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:25 am	1 Replies 8324 Views	by ENR3870 Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:04 am
BC Rail question by bob - Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:54 am	2 Replies 8671 Views	by citystation1848 Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:35 am
RDC-1 blueprints/diagrams? by nhrdc1 - Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:05 pm	7 Replies 10906 Views	by nhrdc1 Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:25 pm
Budd RDC Low Speed Fuel Economy by mxdata - Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:59 pm	0 Replies 8629 Views	by mxdata Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:59 pm
French DMU's for Springfield Line? 1 2 by george matthews - Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:17 am	24 Replies 20921 Views	by george matthews Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:50 pm
Colorado DMU questions 1 2 3 by miamicanes - Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:01 pm	37 Replies 31549 Views	by railfanofewu Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:54 pm
Motorcar (speeder) trips-SW Florida by ErieAtlantic7597 - Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:43 pm	0 Replies 8642 Views	by ErieAtlantic7597 Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:43 pm
Can we add motorcars and speeders? by Otto Vondrak - Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:54 am	7 Replies 11194 Views	by Trainman-2 Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:27 am
A album dedicated to Budd RDC & SPV's from red lions pla 1 2 by DutchRailnut - Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:56 pm	21 Replies 25110 Views	by DutchRailnut Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:06 pm
Edwards Rail Cars by gp80mac - Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:46 pm	2 Replies 16173 Views	by gp80mac Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:48 pm
RDC-3 Floor Plan by clehman - Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:44 pm	1 Replies 9402 Views	by DutchRailnut Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:07 pm
RDCs Scrapped in Quebec by NS VIA FAN - Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:39 am	7 Replies 11315 Views	by wigwagfan Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:47 am
IC3 / Flexliner - can it pull trailers? by cloudship - Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:50 pm	1 Replies 9102 Views	by DutchRailnut Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:15 pm
Budd News by Tadman - Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:34 pm	0 Replies 9181 Views	by Tadman Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:34 pm

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