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Re: 4561 modifications
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 05:06:03 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ...
> Yes. Buddliners (note the extra D). THERE's a hybrid. These evolved out of • Budd
> RDCs, I think, and I have heard of versions of these that are Diesel • powered,
> electric powered and unpowered. The unpowered ones are the so called "first
> generation amcoach" which Amtrak bought lots of for Metroliner service, it • was
> their first non heavyweight new stock order, perhaps their first new stock, • I
> forget. NJTransit and MTA both got some of these for use in their commuter
> operations.
Interesting. I put a search for Buddliner into Altavista, and the first
entry it popped up was for the Lexington and West Cambridge railroad, whose
right of way eventually became part of the B&M, and part of which is now a
bike trail. Check out
http://www.arlhs.org/timeline/Lexington%20%26%20West%20Cambridge%20Railroad.
html
(I grew up in Lexington and Concord).
Frank
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| (...) Yes. Buddliners (note the extra D). THERE's a hybrid. These evolved out of Budd RDCs, I think, and I have heard of versions of these that are Diesel powered, electric powered and unpowered. The unpowered ones are the so called "first (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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