An excellent feature of RDC design was that a unit could be returned to service quickly
simply by pulling out a bad order motor and installing a good one.
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Here are three screen grabs from a very short sequence
within a YouTube video on the general development of the RDC.
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| from: YouTube. Search: "BUDD DIESEL RAIL CAR" |
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| from: YouTube. Search: "BUDD DIESEL RAIL CAR" |
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| from: YouTube. Search: "BUDD DIESEL RAIL CAR" |
I'm guessing a crane or a wheeled jack would maneuver the old motor off the stand
and spot the new motor on the stand for sliding into place.
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Below, is a diagram on RDC anatomy - repeated from an earlier post.
The off-centre-mounted motors are numbered 1 and 2.
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| from: Budd Rail Diesel Car Operator's Manual; 1955; Budd. |
Below are the various motor system connection points.
We'll skip the location of the mounting bolts.
The Budd-supplied stand (above) and the CNR stand (below)
seem to have different features.
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| from: Mechanical Running Repair & Inspection Procedures for RDCs; DeGier & MacLean; 1980; CNR. |
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| from: Mechanical Running Repair & Inspection Procedures for RDCs; DeGier & MacLean; 1980; CNR. |
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Below is an interesting article by David P Morgan from Trains in 1950. In his economical prose he describes the RDC equipment design and features, the Budd business model, early demonstrator trips and he forecasts the future of this remarkable new equipment.
