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Post by boxcarwilly on Apr 26, 2018 9:42:59 GMT -5
I am curious. Has anyone ever seen an RDC Budd, pulling regular passenger cars?
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Post by markm on Apr 26, 2018 9:55:24 GMT -5
One of the "rules" from Budd was no pulling cars. That said (and ignored), The SP used their RDC to pull a mail storage car from Sacramento to Davis (train #241).
At the PCR/NWPHS convention, I came across an image of SP #10 running on the NWP and apparently pulling a PB heavyweight combine. No details available.
I seem to recall, that a couple of eastern roads pulled cars, but I'll leave that to people who are more familiar with east coast road than I.
Mark
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Post by dave on Apr 26, 2018 11:42:23 GMT -5
I found this in a quick Google search. Attachments:
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Post by dave on Apr 26, 2018 11:46:36 GMT -5
Another one even better. Attachments:
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Post by boxcarwilly on Apr 26, 2018 14:19:08 GMT -5
Interesting. Thanks. It's something I always wondered about.
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Post by cwrr on Apr 26, 2018 17:53:21 GMT -5
So, looks like it's capable of pulling atleast one extra car in the prototype world.
I'd say run it!
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Post by dave on Apr 26, 2018 18:56:43 GMT -5
If only we had the Alaska RR RDCs, an upcoming lightweight or two would look great behind it. Sigh....
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Post by gerd on Apr 26, 2018 20:57:54 GMT -5
And here the "truth" about the Alaska RDC picture.... ;-)  |
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Post by markm on Apr 26, 2018 22:35:34 GMT -5
Gee, I didn't realize that the RDC had so much power they could pull 3 LV cars and a locomotive.  As I recall, the RDCs were under 500 HP, so I don't think they pulled many cars. Doing a little checking, it seems that the PB combine, RPOs and mail storage were not particularly rare on some of the east coast roads, like the Reading. |
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