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Re: Budd RDC MOC
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:07:29 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.
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> 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:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bhayes/buddrdc/budrdc100.jpg
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> More images and instructions (someday) to come.
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> Please let me know what you think.
Nice! Very nice!
that's going to be a tough real life build though, unless you go with yellow
"safety ends". Not that yellow 1x2x2 windows are common, but the greys are
*very* hard to come by.
Please build it and bring it to BF! Spotlighted.
++Lar (who has a soft spot for railcars of all sorts and had an RDC on his
list of things to get to 'someday')
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| (...) [snip] (...) Thank you Larry. You are right about the grey windows be very hard to come by (i.e. $$$). They are a perfect example of Bricklink pricing reflecting supply and demand. I did order 4 from a gentleman in Germany - so I can build one (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| 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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