To win over the railroads with its new Rail Diesel Car (RDC), the Budd Co. wasn't content with a single model type. In a time ...

Ed Budd's train rejuvenated the passenger rail industry in the 1930s, but for the duration of World War II, the Budd Company dedicated itself not to railcar manufacture but to the war effort.

Budd Slumbercoaches were born of a desire to ... By the late 1950s intercity rail passenger service had entered a severe decline. This, of course, also impacted the builders of railroad cars ...