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Re: Budd RDC MOC
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 26 Feb 2003 23:06:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Bob Hayes writes:
Back in the 80s I used to ride the MARC train (a commuter service run by the
State of Maryland) from College Park to DC.  I rode the "B&0" line which
used a lot of old Budd RDCs (Rail Diesel Car), usually in three car sets.
The Budd RDC became my favorite train.  The RDC had two small (compared to
locomotive prime movers) diesel engines mounted under the floor.  The
engines were conected to the trucks through something like an automatic
transmission - no traction motors.

During the President's Day snow storm that hit the DC area, I decided to try
modeling the RDC with Lego bricks.  The result can be seen at:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bhayes/buddrdc/budrdc100.jpg

More images and instructions (someday) to come.

Please let me know what you think.

Very nice and "clean" design!  I like the roof vents and undercarriage elements.

later,
James Mathis



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(...) [snip] (...) Thanks James. Building the model with real bricks would very hard without the Santa Fe parts sets, I mean train cars, that you designed. (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  Budd RDC MOC
 
Back in the 80s I used to ride the MARC train (a commuter service run by the State of Maryland) from College Park to DC. I rode the "B&0" line which used a lot of old Budd RDCs (Rail Diesel Car), usually in three car sets. The Budd RDC became my (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) ! 

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