Good News for Budd RDC Lovers

[Engineer James]

Own a piece of Budd Equipment. Ozark Mtn. railcar has 2 RDC's for sale currently.

An RDC1 for $120,000 ex-VIA, exx-CN

http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/rdc16143.htm

and An RDC 2 for $93,500 also from the same heritage.....

http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/RDC26216.htm

Not to bad lookin... Are in operable condition too..... good for a museum operation.....

Also, 2 SPV's, or as known to Amtrak as MU's. They are from Metro North...

$15,000 a piece!!!! Thats a steal!

#296

http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/buddspv296.htm

#297

http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/buddspv297.htm

#296 could do with a tagging remover, but would do great for a passenger operation too......

[EDM5970]

Why would Amtrak call them MUs? Of course, in service SPV became an acronym for Seldom Propelled Vehicle. 15K is not a good price for something that doesn't work, unless you want to use them as locomotive hauled coaches-

[Engineer James]

Why would it not work? How much work would it need to be again operational?

BTW: it looks just like an Amtrak Amfleet Metroliner.

[NHN503]

The Hobo RR has several RDC-1s up for sale....They are former MBTA units though, so they only have one remaining engine for heat/AC

http://www.fasttrackrr.com/6118.html

[glennk419]

The Hobo RR has several RDC-1s up for sale....They are former MBTA units though, so they only have one remaining engine for heat/AC

http://www.fasttrackrr.com/6118.html

At last count, there were five ex-RDG RDC's on the Hobo RR. These were car Nos. 9151, 9154, 9158, 9159 and 9161. The link only shows a single ex-BM car, are any of the Reading cars also on the block?

[NHN503]

The Hobo RR has several RDC-1s up for sale....They are former MBTA units though, so they only have one remaining engine for heat/AC

http://www.fasttrackrr.com/6118.html

At last count, there were five ex-RDG RDC's on the Hobo RR. These were car Nos. 9151, 9154, 9158, 9159 and 9161. The link only shows a single ex-BM car, are any of the Reading cars also on the block?

From what I'm told only the MBTA ones are up.

[Engineer James]

Ok, thank you.

[chuchubob]

Why would Amtrak call them MUs?...

Because if at least two are run together, they are MUs.
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/ ... ?id=556394
http://chuchubob.rrpicturearchives.net/ ... ?id=556390

[EDM5970]

OK, perhaps a matter of semantics and usage here, but to me an MU is a pair or more of electrics, not diesel powered equipment. Of course, you MU diesel locomotives, and not double-head them (as many posters on these forums seem to insist). Again, the use of "MU" just seemed odd here.

[chuchubob]

Since DMUs are scarce nowadays, most people think of EMUs simply as MUs.

[Engineer James]

But, what are the problems with the SPV's? Don't they run by themselves? Can they pull atleast 2-3 other passenger cars too?

[ENR3870]

But, what are the problems with the SPV's? Don't they run by themselves? Can they pull atleast 2-3 other passenger cars too?

If they are anything like the RDC's, pulling anything would void the warranty. Budd never designed them to pull anything.

[Engineer James]

No! Really? Thats a rip-off. However, I would think that the warrenty is already expired on these babies.....

[GOLDEN-ARM]

Good news for "engineer jimmy". Apparently Proto has a bunch of RDC's for sale, in various road names, ready-to-run, with a warranty included!!!! They should even fit, on the board in your basement, if you are still pursuing THAT project................ Look here, for more swell ideas..... http://www.budd-rdc.org/rdcmodels.html

[Engineer James]

LMAO. Thats pretty good. I'd rather just buy a regular size one though.....