stackyFACTSPost-war railroads were bleeding money on local passenger routes, so the Budd Company threw them a shiny, stainless-steel lifeline.
Post-war railroads were bleeding money on local passenger routes, so the Budd Company threw them a shiny, stainless-steel lifeline. The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC) was basically a bus on rails that didn't need a locomotive to drag it around. It was cheap to run, practically indestructible thanks to its unpainted corrugated exterior, and single-handedly delayed the inevitable death of rural passenger rail service in North America for a few more decades.
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