The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC)
Where To See Them: In Service
VIArail Canada: The Lake Superior
Where: Sudbury ON to White River ON - from Northern shores of
Lake Huron to near the Eastern shores of Lake Superior.
Type: Regular Scheduled Passenger Service
Equipment: RDC-2s #6205 & #6215; RDC-4 #6250
Website: www.viarail.ca
Photos: visited in May '03
VIArail Canada: The Malahat
Where: Victoria BC to Courtney BC - Vancouver Island.
Type: Daily Regular Scheduled Passenger Service
Equipment: RDC-1 #6135; RDC-2 #62xx; third RDC awaiting repair
Website: www.viarail.ca
Alaska Railroad: The Hurricane Turn
Where: Talkeetna, Alaska to Hurricane Gulch. (Talkeetna is
approx 2 hours drive north of Anchorage AK).
Type: Summer-only Regular Passenger Service (Thu-Sun)
Equipment: RDC-2s #711 & #712, RDC-3 #701.
Website: www.alaskarr.com
Photos: visited in May '04
Alaska Railroad: Anchorage to Whittier/Grandview
Where: Anchorage, Alaska to Whittier. (Whittier is
a coast port 1 hour drive south of Anchorage AK).
Type: Regular Passenger Service (Thu-Sun)
Equipment: One of the RDC-2s #711 & #712, often supplimented
by coaches and a HEP-equiped locomotive.
Website: www.alaskarr.com
Photos: visited in May '04
Amtrak/Portland & Western: The Lewis and Clark Explorer
Where: Portland, Oregon to Astoria, Oregon - Pacific Northwest
Type: Summer only tourist train, 4 days per week
Equipment: RDC-3 #ORRX-31, RDC-1s #ORRX-10 & #ORRX-11
- Formerly BCRail BC-31, BC-10 and BC-11
Website: www.amtrak.com
Brochure:
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/
Wilton Scenic Railroad
Where: Wilton NH, just west of Nashua NH, North-west of Boston MA
Type: Summer only tourist line, weekends only
Equipment: RDC-3 #BC-30, RDC-1 #BC-15
- Formerly BCRail BC-30 and BC-15
Website:
http://www.wiltonscenicrr.com/
Photos: visited in Sept '03
Cape May Seashore Lines
Where: Cape May City NJ - at the southern tip of the New Jersey Cape, Eastern Seaboard.
Type: Tourist line.
Equipment: RDC1s M-407, M-410; various non-working
RDC1 and RDC9 units.
Website: www.cmslrr.com
Photos: visited in Nov '02
North Shore Scenic Railroad
Where: Duluth MN - Northern Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior, Mid-West
Type: Tourist line/museum.
Equipment: RDC1 #9169
Website: www.lsrm.org
Where To See Them: On Display
Illinois Railroad Museum
Where: Union IL - Northern Illinois, about 1 hour north of Chicago just off I-90, Mid-West.
Type: Museum.
Equipment:
RDC1 MBTA #10 (formerly C&NW #9933, not working)
Website: www.irm.org
West Coast Railway Association
Where: Squamish BC, approx 45 mimutes north of Vancouver on Hwy 99 -
the Sea to Sky highway (runs to Whistler) - Western Canada.
Type: Museum, rail tour base.
Equipment: RDC1s BCRail #BC-21, #BC-14, RDC3 #BC-33 (all currently
not working, BC-33 expected to be operational soon)
Website: www.wcra.org
Danbury Railway Museum
Where: Danbury, Connecticutt - approximately 1.5 hours drive North-East
of New York city in Western Connecticutt.
Type: Museum, Yard Rides (with RDC - Thu)
Equipment: RDC1s NH#32, NH#41, NH#47, Roger Williams Cab Cars NH#140
and NH#141 (based on RDCs).
Website:
http://www.danbury.org/drm/
Photos: visited in June 2004.
New York, Susquehanna and Western Technical & Historical Society
Where:
Type: Museum, Railtour Base
Equipment: RDC1 #M-1 (operational), #M-2, #M-4
Website: www.nyswths.org
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