Canadian Railway Museum seeking help to restore Canadian Pacific RDC NEWSWIRE

ST CONSTANT, Quebec – Once a staple of the Canadian railway landscape linking towns and cities from coast to coast, the Budd Rail Diesel Car has all but vanished from the scene. Those that remain in service in Ontario and British Columbia have undergone numerous modifications to meet the travel needs of Canadians today.

Between 1949 and 1956, the Budd Company produced 398 RDCs. There were five basic variants of the RDC:
? RDC-1: An 85-foot all-passenger coach seating 88 passengers.
? RDC-2: An 85-foot baggage/coach configuration seating 71.
? RDC-3: An 85-foot car with a Railway Post Office, a baggage compartment and seating for 44.
? RDC-4: A 65-foot car with only the Railway Post Office and baggage area.
? RDC-5 (also known as the RDC-9): An 85-foot coach seating 82, with no independent control cab.

At Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum in St Constant, the Museum is working to restore one of Canada’s last surviving, largely “stock” RDC-1s, former Canadian Pacific Railway 9069, built by Budd in 1957. The Museum is seeking donations to overcome a $12,000 funding shortfall at a critical stage of the work to restore the car. Donations are tax deductible in Canada, and donors will be recognized inside the car, unless they stipulate otherwise. If you would like to donate to the project, you can make a check or money order payable to the Canadian Railroad Historical Association, 110 St. Pierre Street, St Constant, PQ J5A 1G7. Be sure to mark “RDC Project” on the memo line. – John Godfrey