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RDC - The Budd Rail Diesel Car
Historyof the development, success and decline of the RDC. Speedy, self-propelled train,bristling with the latest rail innovations rolled out in 1949. Within 15 years the stainless steel articulated and conventional streamlined cars had placed the firmin2nd place among America's Passenger Car service.
b&w photographs, maps, charts, diagrams.
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book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover
1990 |
2007.034.027 |
Library TF498.D85 |
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Short Line Doodlebug-Galloping Geese & Other Rail Critters
The 3rd in a series by Keilty about "Doodlebugs". Covers the self-propelled cars that roamed the rickety rails of rural American on the short lines: thosesmall independently owned pikes connecting the county seat with the mainline junction. Covers all 50 states.
First Printing.
b&w photographs, specifications. Index.
Loose map inside front cover. |
book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover
1988 |
2007.034.046 |
Library TF494.K46 |
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Doodlebug Country
The rail motorcar on the Class I rairoads of the United States. Interurbans Special 77. Doodlebug country was any mainline or branch line in the U.S. which supported the train-in-one-car with its few passengers, their baggage, perhaps somemail, express or even freight. Viewed as a way to save money. Prolonged passenger service for up to several decades on marginal lines.
Covers lines all across the U.S.
First printing 1982.
b&w photographs, maps, schedules, index. |
book : hardcover, dustjacket in plastic cover
1982 |
2007.034.121 |
Library TP494.K44 |
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Interurbans Without Wires
Interurbans Special 66.
The history of the rail motorcar in the United States. Also known as Doodlebugs. Surveys all major and most minor railcar builders and their products. Interurbans first 'mainline' railroading book.
b&w photographs, index. |
book : hardcover, dust jacket in plastic cover
1979 |
2007.034.131 |
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