Rare Books

Manufacturers: Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company [RDCs, i.e. rail diesel cars]

Description: Includes (selected items): two spiral-bound books: 1) "Budd Analysis of Changes in Transportation." Short arguments for Budd's manufacture of stainless-steel trains. Graphs, pictures (1940); 2) "Budd Analysis of Changes in Transportation. Volume Two, The Florida Story." Same format as above but with emphasis on improvements in Florida's tourist trade following new fleet of Budd-built streamliners. (85 p.,1940).
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1951-1956
Call number: 646607
Creator: Merrill, Leslie O(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Leslie O. Merrill, 1976-2008.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Reading Railroad (Reading Company)

Rare Books

Includes train(s): Stainless Steel Streamlined Train (later named Crusader); The Wall Street; The Schuylkill. Includes (selected items): engraved invitations from Edward W. Scheer, president of the Reading Company and Edward G. Budd, president of Budd Mfg. Co. to attend ceremonies at the delivery of the new Stainless Steel Streamlined train, Nov. 29, 1937.

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RDC : the Budd rail diesel car

Rare Books

This is the complete story of the unique RDC, a speedy self-propelled rail motor car, bristling with the latest rail innovations. This book discusses how the cars were built, their controls, and the various railroads that purchased them. Also considered is the RDC-9, the design changes of 1956, and modifications and re-builds by Morrison-Knudsen. There is a section about stainless steel and the "shotwelding" process, and a biography of the late Edward G. Budd. The large appendix section includes a description of each railroad than ran RDC's, how they were utilized, a complete roster, and a map showing the route of the RDC's.--Adapted from jacket.

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Manufacturers: J.G. Brill Company; Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company

Rare Books

Includes photographs.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company

Rare Books

Includes (selected items): 60 photographic postcards of various Santa Fe streamliners.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

Rare Books

Includes train(s): Columbian. Includes (selected items): "The Royal Blue / The Columbian / 2 Streamliners" brochure signed by designer Otto Kuhler, accompanied by letter from Kuhler (1952).

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New York, Ontario and Western Railway; New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Company

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Includes (selected items): NYO&W: Several clippings on the end of railroad's 80-year run, 1957. NYS&W: several photographs and brochures on interurban "Susquehanna Streamliners."

646607

Manufacturers: Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company [RDCs, i.e. rail diesel cars]

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