by Otto Vondrak
I'm tracing the lineage of a model produced by Rapido which represents MBTA 9154, an RDC-1. A quick check of some rosters show this car was originally Reading 9154, retired by SEPTA in 1985. The MBTA Vehicle Inventory at TransitHistory.org shows 9154 as one of nine cars purchased from SEPTA in 1985 and retired in 1989. The roster also indicates that MBTA purchased/leased 24 additional RDC's between 1983 and 1987.
Help me understand MBTA's policy regarding the RDC's. It was my assumption that MBTA was seeking to eliminate all powered RDCs and convert them to non-powered HEP coaches (the roster indicates 32 RDCs were sent to M-K for rebuilding as coaches and cab cars, doesn't say what year). It looks like the last of the RDCs (powered or not) ran in 1989.
My question... Was MBTA still running sets of powered RDC's after 1982? What year did the fleet get sent to MK for conversion to non-powered cars (did it happen all at once in 1982? did they all get returned at the same time)?
Thanks for any resources you can point me towards.
-otto-
Help me understand MBTA's policy regarding the RDC's. It was my assumption that MBTA was seeking to eliminate all powered RDCs and convert them to non-powered HEP coaches (the roster indicates 32 RDCs were sent to M-K for rebuilding as coaches and cab cars, doesn't say what year). It looks like the last of the RDCs (powered or not) ran in 1989.
My question... Was MBTA still running sets of powered RDC's after 1982? What year did the fleet get sent to MK for conversion to non-powered cars (did it happen all at once in 1982? did they all get returned at the same time)?
Thanks for any resources you can point me towards.
-otto-
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