{"id":15501,"date":"2016-05-29T12:18:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T16:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15501"},"modified":"2016-05-29T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T15:36:51","slug":"this-budd-could-be-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/this-budd-could-be-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"This Budd Could Be For You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014For ten NEW photos, click on Tracking the Light\u2014<\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Solomon’s Tracking the Light<\/a> Posts Daily.<\/p>\n

Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum\u2019s Hoosac Valley Service is operating with a vintage Budd-built Rail Diesel Car.<\/p>\n

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Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Budd Company\u2019s RDC made its debut in 1949 and was first used in regular revenue service on New York Central\u2019s Boston & Albany in 1950.<\/p>\n

I made these views of Berkshire Scenic\u2019s RDC on the former Boston & Albany North Adams Branch yesterday, May 28, 2016.<\/p>\n

Berkshire Scenic plans to operate this car on weekends and select public holidays between Memorial Day and Labor Day. For details see:\u00a0http:\/\/www.hoosacvalleytrainride.com\/schedule.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Also see Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum on Facebook.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hoosacvalleyservice<\/a><\/p>\n

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Berkshire Scenic’s new North Adams station area. Exposed with a FujiFilm X-T1; contrast adjusted in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Want to learn\u00a0more about Budd\u2019s RDC and other classic streamlined trains? Check out my new book: Streamliners\u2014Locomotives and Trains in the Age of Speed and Style<\/a> published by Voyageur Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A Budd with a view! FujiFilm X-T1; contrast adjusted in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Looking southward on the old B&A branch. At one time Boston & Albany’s North Adams Branch connected its namesake with Pittsfield. As late as the 1940s, through trains operated fro Grand Central Terminal to North Adams using the Harlem line to Chatham and B&A mainline to Pittsfield.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Berkshire Scenic’s RDC departs North Adams for Renfrew on May 28, 2016. FujiFilm X-T1; contrast adjusted in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Berkshire Scenic’s RDC departs North Adams for Renfrew on May 28, 2016. FujiFilm X-T1; contrast adjusted in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Where
Where else does the old Boston & Albany cross below a route of the\u00a0old Boston & Maine? Here we have trains top and bottom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tickets!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u2014For ten NEW photos, click on Tracking the Light\u2014 Brian Solomon’s Tracking the Light Posts Daily. Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum\u2019s Hoosac Valley Service is operating with a vintage Budd-built Rail Diesel Car. Budd Company\u2019s RDC made its debut in 1949 and was first used in regular revenue service on New York Central\u2019s Boston & Albany … Continue reading This Budd Could Be For You!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,4537,2318,3006,41,792,3569,791],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Berkshire_Scenic_RDC_DSCF8149.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-421","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15501"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15502,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15501\/revisions\/15502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}