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Re: Trainnews - volume 3- issue 87

Author: Tom McCann

Date: 04-22-2010 - 00:07

Surf down to the bottom of the news page and you'll find the link to the slide show.

Incidentally, I think the RDC in the slide show was RDC-1 #11. I thought I caught the number in the number board on the cab end in one of the photos.

Since Arlen brought up RDC-3 #31, here's some back story on it. If I recall correctly, it is the former Great Northern car #2350, which was GN's only RDC. GN operated it on several local routes in Montana during its first career.

This car, before its BC Rail career, was also on the Amtrak roster after a rebuild at the Reading's shop complex in Reading, Pa. In the early 1970s, RDG was still running a fleet of RDCs in SEPTA local services and on longer trips to Newark, N.J., and Pottsville and Bethlehem, Pa. They had good expertise in maintaining RDCs, which is probably why Amtrak contracted with them to work on some of their newly-acquired cars.

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Trainnews - volume 3- issue 87	Espee99	04-21-2010 - 19:07
Re: Trainnews - volume 3- issue 87	Arlen Sheldrake	04-21-2010 - 20:46
Re: Trainnews - volume 3- issue 87	Jim Rygg	04-21-2010 - 21:16
Re: Trainnews - volume 3- issue 87	samnberry	04-21-2010 - 21:55
Re: Trainnews - volume 3- issue 87	Tom McCann	04-22-2010 - 00:07

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Tom McCann Wrote:
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> Surf down to the bottom of the news page and
> you'll find the link to the slide show.
> 
> Incidentally, I think the RDC in the slide show
> was RDC-1 #11. I thought I caught the number in
> the number board on the cab end in one of the
> photos.
> 
> Since Arlen brought up RDC-3 #31, here's some back
> story on it. If I recall correctly, it is the
> former Great Northern car #2350, which was GN's
> only RDC. GN operated it on several local routes
> in Montana during its first career.
> 
> This car, before its BC Rail career, was also on
> the Amtrak roster after a rebuild at the Reading's
> shop complex in Reading, Pa. In the early 1970s,
> RDG was still running a fleet of RDCs in SEPTA
> local services and on longer trips to Newark,
> N.J., and Pottsville and Bethlehem, Pa. They had
> good expertise in maintaining RDCs, which is
> probably why Amtrak contracted with them to work
> on some of their newly-acquired cars.

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