10-03-2010, 10:58 AM
Yes, I believe the original edition of Pennypacker's book was "Reading Steam Power Pictorial", I have the later edition that has a few pages on diesels as well. Of course the information on the RDCs might be in a totally different book. In fact it is LOL. On a hunch I grabbed the next to last issue off the Bee Line (magazine of the RCT&HS), Vol 30 #8 which is the one that has an article on RDCs.
The ones Budd built for the Reading were not some of the last, they were THE last RDCs built. The very last was 9152 which the RCT&HS now has. 9164 and 9165 were purchased fromthe B&M in 1965, and 9166 came from the B&M in 1966. 9165 and 9166 were RDC2's, but the Reading converted the baggage section to a snack bar in both cars.
9168 is a fantasy, never a Reading car. It was NYC M499, then PC99 and through a few other owners before landing on the RBMN and ending up 9168.
--Randy
The ones Budd built for the Reading were not some of the last, they were THE last RDCs built. The very last was 9152 which the RCT&HS now has. 9164 and 9165 were purchased fromthe B&M in 1965, and 9166 came from the B&M in 1966. 9165 and 9166 were RDC2's, but the Reading converted the baggage section to a snack bar in both cars.
9168 is a fantasy, never a Reading car. It was NYC M499, then PC99 and through a few other owners before landing on the RBMN and ending up 9168.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad of the 1950's in HO
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