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the RDCs

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   RDC  Information  Date Photo Credit
 no photo yet  10  ex Penn Central 36
ex NH 36
built 1953  RDC-1
89 seat coach		   .
  no photo yet  11  ex Penn Central 37
ex NH 37
built 1953 , in 1977 became MTA M11
RDC-1 89 seat coach		    
12  ex Penn Central 38 ex NH 38
built 1953		 unknown    from the
collection of
Albert Phleep
  no photo yet  13  ex Penn Central 39
ex NH 39
built 1953		    
   14  ex Penn Central 41
built as New Haven 41
built 1953		 April 1980    from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
14  Wallingford CN  May 26, 1980  from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
15 Anchorage Alaska 
ex PC 44 ex NH 44
sold to the Alaska RR -
as it looks today		  September 1999  M McCullor
16 unknown location
 ex Penn Central 48 - ex NH 48
built 1953, in 1977 went to MDOT		 Dec 1977    from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
17  ex PC 66 ex NH 21
built 1952, in 1977 went to MDOT
was MARC 9802 by 1987
RDC-1 89 seat Coach		 Dec 1977    from the
collection of
Jim Hebner 
no photo yet   18  ex PC 68 ex NH 23
  off roster sometime before 1987		    
no photo yet   19

 ex PC 76 ex NH 32

1977 MTA M19  

   
no photo yet  20  ex PC 78 ex NH 34    

 
Built by Budd in 1956 and named after the founder of Rhode Island, The Roger Williams, featured a special Cab on one end of a normal RDC. Built as a demo Train. when it did not sell, and the perpetually broke New Haven bought it at a bargain basement price.
 27 "The Bay States" Nov 11, 1973  from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 27  New Haven CT
assigned PC 83 but never applied ex NH 140
currently being restored		  March 19, 1977  from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
(em)
27  New Haven CT  Sept 1979  Bob Yanosey
27 Windsor Locks CT 9/29/1979 Carl Weber
27 Windsor CT Nov 3, 1980 Carl Weber
27 Windsor Locks CT Jan 16, 1981 Carl Weber
 28  Providence RI
assigned PC 84 but never applied
ex NH 141
currently being restored		  April 1, 1978  Paul DeLuca
28 Berlin CT Jan 30, 1980 Carl Weber
no photo yet    29   built  1957  as NH 162  Penn Central 87    1976 to MDOT         RDC 76 seat Intermediate Coach for "Roger Williams"    
 30  Danbury CT
ex BN/NP B-30
built 1955		  May 23, 1981   from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 31  Chicago IL
built 1950  asWP 375  later became NP B31   
1987 off rost     
RDC-2 69 seat Coach-Bag		  April 19, 1974  from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
 no photo yet     built1950  as WP 376  
later NP B32   
1979 retired      
RDC-2 69 seat Coach-Bag		    
 no photo yet   33  see 43    
 34  Wellingford CT
built 1951  NYC M480  PC 80  
1986 ARR 704      
RDC-2 70 seat Coach-Bag		  July 27, 1975   from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 34      from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 34      from the
collection of
Jim Hebner
 35  New Haven CT
built 1952
NH 120  PC 81
RDC-2 70 seat Coach-Bag		  March 19, 1977  from the
collection of
Joseph Testagrose
(em)
 no photo yet   36 built 1952  NH 121  PC 82   RDC-2 70 seat Coach-Bag    
 no photo yet   40  NP B40  1955             1975 BCR          RDC-3 48 seat Coach
 40-42 never r# by AMTK		    
no photo yet    41  NP B41  
built 1956         
  1975 to BCR          
RDC-3 33 seat Coach
 40-42 never r# by AMTK		    
 42

 RT 128 MA
built 1952  DM&IR 1  
became NP B42   in 1975 to BCR          RDC-3 48 seat Coach

 40-42 never r# by AMTK

 June 1979  Dick Leonhardt
 no photo yet   43

 built 1956  as GN 2350          1975 BCR BC31     
RDC-3 48 seat Coach

originally assigned #33,
then 43, never re#

   
 47   Bridgeport.
it ran on Bridgeport to Waterbury shuttle, now a Metro North Service.		  June 1974  Dick Leonhardt
 32, 33, 110  Chicago IL    from the
collection of
Jim Hebner

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This archive was first accessed August 1996