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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Budd RDC's Anywhere
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Date: Fri, 31-Oct-86 09:05:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 31 09:05:12 1986
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I originally replied to the original poster in the mail, but there seems to
be general interest, so I'll post here.

RDCs are indeed still in operation on the Brunswick and Camden Station MARC
trains, as well as the F units (which are getting VERY rattletrap-- I see
entirely too many trains with weird engine combos due to breakdowns).  As
far as I know there are no plans to replace them, although there is a
program underway to replace most of the cars used with the F units; new MARC
cars have appeared, and for a time cars were being borrowed from Toronto's
GO system.  The RDCs seem to be doing well, and the major threat to their
continuity is popularity, since ridership on the MARC trains is good.

C. Wingate