Budd RDC technical stuff

[UserNameRequired]

I realise that, just mentioning it to show that early equipment of different types often required more manually operated controls than modern equipment.

Now if you want to see a “locomotive”, that actually did require shifting, clutch pedal and all, look no further than here…

https://web.archive.org/web/20060716072654/http://users.viawest.net/~bdwhite/rgstec14.htm

Here are some 09-2021 photos I took of those. The concept of their use and purpose was interesting. Kind of a cross between Chitty chitty bang bang and Beverly Hillbillies look for rail use.

 

[Willbridge]

Here's another piece of RDC tech. I read somewhere that the Budd company recommended against using an RDC as a locomotive. If they did, word never reached Lewiston on the NP.