{"id":8276,"date":"2014-09-23T01:14:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T05:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2014-09-23T10:45:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:45:30","slug":"old-budd-cars-dont-rust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/old-budd-cars-dont-rust\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Budd Cars Don\u2019t Rust"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Bellows Falls, Vermont.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It was the morning of August 28, 2010. My father and I had arrived at Bellows Falls, on our way to St. Albans. It was quiet and nothing was moving on any of the three freight railroads that serve the town.<\/p>\n

East of the passenger station there were a few old Budd RDCs stored on former Rutland Railroad sidings. I took a few minutes to made some photos with my Lumix LX3. My father has some nice Kodachrome slides of Boston & Maine and New York Central cars working in the 1960s. I remember riding them out of Boston in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

\"Exposed<\/a>
Exposed digitally with a Lumix LX3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vestiges<\/a>
Vestiges of another era at Bellows Falls, Vermont. Exposed digitally with a Lumix LX3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"New<\/a>
New York Central was first to install Budd Rail Diesel Cars in revenue service. They were known as ‘Bee Liners.’ Exposed digitally with a Lumix LX3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the benefits of Budd\u2019s Shotwelded stainless steel construction is that the cars won\u2019t rust. Yet, the overgrowth makes for some interesting studies in decay. The cars still reflected the light nicely.<\/p>\n

More than 30 years earlier we\u2019d explored these same sidings. Back then there were decayed vestiges of wooden sided boxcars around the place, and considerably few trees.<\/p>\n

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