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- Most of the Budd cars originally purchased by Canadian Pacific, as well as those bought used by VIA Rail, continue to form an integral part of both intercity and long distance services to this day. They will no doubt find a suitable use on your model railroad too.
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Oct 19, 2007 · Over the last two weeks, I bought six Rapido PRR Budd cars, from three different sources. In general, I like these cars. To me, detail is at about the same high level as Branchline Blueprint, Broadway CZ, or better brass cars.
- WalthersMainline HO scale 85-foot Budd passenger cars - Trains
Walthers is returning to model railroading’s roots with a...
- WalthersMainline HO scale 85-foot Budd passenger cars - Trains
Sep 15, 2022 · You don’t need a lot of room to run a Budd car, as this scene by Editor Otto Vondrak proves. Dozens of manufacturers offered varying types of self-propelled cars. Mack adapted automotive technology, using modified truck chassis and bus bodies to create the “railbus.”
Most of the Budd cars originally purchased by Canadian Pacific, as well as those bought used by VIA Rail, continue to form an integral part of both intercity and long distance services to this day. They will no doubt find a suitable use on your model railroad too.
Oct 18, 2017 · While the Budd car was never designed to haul a trailer in the real world, the Rapido rendering actually displays a pretty good tractive effort easily equivalent to a consist of 2 or 3 additional scale length streamlined passenger cars.
The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC), also known as the Budd car or Buddliner, is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcar. Between 1949 and 1962, 398 RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Mar 11, 2009 · I am thinking of providing passenger service on my HO model railroad with a Budd RDC1 railcar that was used on the nearest prototype line. Does anyone have experience and could they recommend a reliable unit, manufacturer or source?
Nov 16, 2015 · Walthers is returning to model railroading’s roots with a newly tooled line of HO scale passenger cars that, while accurate models of Budd Co. prototypes, are generic enough to act as stand-ins for modelers who want quality, basic cars.
