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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The train itself consisted of three cars: one each from the classes RDC-1, RDC-2, and RDC-4. The latter was a full baggage car. Tthe RDC-1 was a standard coach of its type with a 90-passenger capacity ...

Ed Budd's steel car was a radical departure for the rail industry. ... Ed Budd's train rejuvenated the passenger rail industry in the 1930s, but for the duration of World War II, ...

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.