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the RDCs

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 RDC
 Information
 Date
Photo Credit
 10
 Philadelphia PA
ex Penn Central 36 - ex NH 36
built 1953  RDC-1
89 seat coach
Jan 1974
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
Chicago IL
June 2, 1974
GHenkels
  no photo yet
 11
 ex Penn Central 37
ex NH 37
built 1953 , in 1977 became MTA M11
RDC-1 89 seat coach
 ex Penn Central 38 ex NH 38
built 1953
unknown 
  from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
  no photo yet
 13
 ex Penn Central 39
ex NH 39
built 1953
 
 14
 ex Penn Central 41
built as New Haven 41
built 1953
April 1980 
  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 Wallingford CN
 May 26, 1980
 from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
Anchorage Alaska 
ex PC 44 ex NH 44
sold to the Alaska RR -
as it looks today
 September 1999
 M McCullor
unknown location
 ex Penn Central 48 - ex NH 48
built 1953, in 1977 went to MDOT
Dec 1977 
  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
 ex PC 66 ex NH 21
built 1952, in 1977 went to MDOT
was MARC 9802 by 1987
RDC-1 89 seat Coach
Dec 1977 
  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
 18
 Brewster NY
ex PC 68 ex NH 23
  off roster sometime before 1987
Aug 1982
no photo yet 
 19

 ex PC 76 ex NH 32

1977 MTA M19  

no photo yet
 20
 ex PC 78 ex NH 34

 
Built by Budd in 1956 and named after the founder of Rhode Island, The Roger Williams, featured a special Cab on one end of a normal RDC. Built as a demo Train. when it did not sell, and the perpetually broke New Haven bought it at a bargain basement price.

 27
"The Bay States"
Nov 11, 1973
 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 27
 New Haven CT
assigned PC 83 but never applied ex NH 140
currently being restored
 March 19, 1977
 from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
(em)
 New Haven CT
 Sept 1979
 Bob Yanosey
Windsor Locks CT
9/29/1979
Carl Weber
Windsor CT
Nov 3, 1980
Carl Weber
Windsor Locks CT
Jan 16, 1981
Carl Weber
 28
 Providence RI
assigned PC 84 but never applied
ex NH 141
currently being restored
 April 1, 1978
 Paul DeLuca
Berlin CT
Jan 30, 1980
Carl Weber
no photo yet  
 29
  built  1957  as NH 162  Penn Central 87    1976 to MDOT         RDC 76 seat Intermediate Coach for "Roger Williams"
 30
 Danbury CT
ex BN/NP B-30
built 1955
 May 23, 1981
  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 31
 Chicago IL
built 1950  as WP 375  later became NP B31   
1987 off roster     
RDC-2 69 seat Coach-Bag
 April 19, 1974
 from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
  Chicago IL
built 1950  as WP 376  
later NP B32   
1979 retired
RDC-2 69 seat Coach-Bag
May 17, 1975
from the
collection of
Albert Phleep

Chicago IL

May 19, 1975
Gerry Putz
 no photo yet 
 33
 see 43
 Wellingford CT
built 1951  NYC M480  PC 80  
1986 ARR 704      
RDC-2 70 seat Coach-Bag
 July 27, 1975
from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 34
from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 34
 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 35
 New Haven CT
built 1952
NH 120  PC 81
RDC-2 70 seat Coach-Bag
 March 19, 1977
 from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
(em)
 no photo yet 
 36
built 1952  NH 121  PC 82   RDC-2 70 seat Coach-Bag
 no photo yet 
 40
 NP B40  1955             1975 BCR          RDC-3 48 seat Coach
 40-42 never r# by AMTK
no photo yet  
 41
 NP B41  
built 1956         
  1975 to BCR          
RDC-3 33 seat Coach
 40-42 never r# by AMTK
 42

 RT 128 MA
built 1952  DM&IR 1  
became NP B42   in 1975 to BCR          RDC-3 48 seat Coach

 40-42 never r# by AMTK

 June 1979
 Dick Leonhardt
 no photo yet 
 43

 built 1956 as GN 2350          
1975 BCR BC31     
RDC-3 48 seat Coach

originally assigned Amtrak 33,
then 43, never re#

 47
  Bridgeport.
it ran on Bridgeport to Waterbury shuttle, now a Metro North Service.
 June 1974
 Dick Leonhardt
 Chicago IL
 from the
collection of
Jim Hebner

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This archive was first accessed August 1996