The end of the line has finally arrived for MARC’s fleet of Budd commuter rail passenger cars, a fixture at morning and evening rush hours at Camden Station for the past 40 years. The aged rail ...

Railroad dome cars are a gleaming symbol of postwar passenger train status. The streamliner era in North America bookended the World War II era in the U.S., since new streamlined passenger cars ...

Whether they knew it or not, the Budd Co. was rolling out the final miles in its railcar manufacturing business as it headed ...

Before 1970, three major manufacturers built passenger cars for North America’s railroads: Pullman-Standard, Budd, and American Car & Foundry. Several others had minor roles. Here’s a ...

There were later efforts to build self-propelled cars for passenger service. The Budd Company tried again from 1978 to 1981 with the SPV-2000 (“Special Purpose Vehicle”) class of cars, which featured ...

Budd Cars are self contained automotive train cars that were in service up until the 50s. These cars look like train passenger cars, but are self sufficient in getting around the city.

Fourth in a Series: There was something special about the Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) built by the Budd Company in the middle of the past century. They were self-contained passenger cars (and some baggage ...

Ed Budd book-ended his career with trains. Starting out as a machinist apprentice in 1887 in Philadelphia, he later helped build the Pennsylvania Railroad's first steel passenger car. By 1933 ...

The end of the line has finally arrived for MARC’s fleet of Budd commuter rail passenger cars, a fixture at morning and evening rush hours at Camden Station for the past 40 years. The aged rail ...