Built by the Budd Company by the hundreds between the late 1940s into the early 1960s, the single car RDC (Rail Diesel Car) served on numerous passenger routes that could not justify locomotive-hauled operation. Available now at your favorite hobby dealer are Rapido’s N scale Budd RDCs!  Each model features a see-through interior with seating thanks to a hidden low-floor drive system, with precision motor and flywheels, accurate Phase I and Phase 2 bodies, all-wheel drive and electrical pickup, flicker-free LED headlights and interior lighting and much more. Paint schemes include New Haven, Reading, Southern Pacific, Amtrak, Boston & Maine, Santa Fe, VIA Rail and many more. DC+DCC+Sound RDCs are priced at $259.95 MSRP, while DC/Silent RDCs are $149.95 MSRP.

Rapido Trains, 500 Alden Road, Unit 21 Markham, Ontario L3R 5H5, Canada;1-855-572-6917; www.rapidotrains.com

Additional paint schemes offered in this production of Rapido’s N scale Budd Rail Diesel Cars include Amtrak, Baltimore & Ohio, BC Rail, Boston & Maine, Canadian National, CP Rail, MTA  Metro-North, New Haven, New York Central, Reading, Santa Fe, New Haven, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, VIA Rail and painted, unlettered versions.

SP owned just one Budd RDC – the SP #10.  This car first entered service on passenger locals between Oakland and Sacramento. Beginning in May 1959, the SP 10 was reassigned to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (a SP subsidiary) where it ran as the “Redwood” operating between Willits and Eureka, California until 1971.