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Approximate dimensions of a common speeder car are given below. Due to the variety of base models and customization these are not fixed numbers. These values are from a Fairmont A4-D. [5] Rail gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge (56.5 inches) Weight: 3,500 pounds (1,588 kg) Width: 64 inches (1,626 mm) Height: 60 inches (1,524 mm)
The Super Dome was a Dome car built by Pullman-Standard for the Milwaukee Road in 1952. The ten Super Domes were the first full-length dome cars in revenue service, first operating on the Olympian Hiawatha and Twin Cities Hiawatha in late 1952. Although a mixed blessing in passenger use, the cars garnered much publicity for the Milwaukee Road ...
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The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC), also known as the Budd car or Buddliner, is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcar. Between 1949 and 1962, 398 RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.
Pennsylvania Railroad, American Car and Foundry Company, Pressed Steel Car Company, Standard Steel Car Company: Family name: P54: Constructed: 1908–1937: Entered service: 1908–1972 (LIRR) 1915–1981 (PRR) Refurbished: PRR: 1950: Scrapped: 1958–1981: Number built: PRR 487 LIRR 923 PRSL 18: Formation: Single car, 41 "civil union" (motor ...
From the 1930s through the 1950s, many trains in the United States and Canada were upgraded with streamliner cars. One of the most notable trains equipped with such cars was the California Zephyr, jointly operated by Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) and Western Pacific Railroad (WP).
They just don't make them like they used to. Most cars from the 1950s are long gone, but some have been carefully maintained -- or restored -- by car enthusiasts. A moving piece of history, these...
Between 1971–1974 Amtrak purchased 43 of the remaining 44 Pacific-series cars from the Union Pacific fleet. Most were retired from service in the mid-1990s; several Amtrak rebuilt as crew dormitory cars and those remained in service into the 2000s. [1] One, Pacific Cape, remains in use as a business car. [6]