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RDC "Cab"
Inside one of the "cabs" on VIA RDC1 6133. The VIA RDC's still have factory controls. You can see the modern additions, including 26-L air, a radio, event recorder, RSC(Reset Crew Alarm), digital spedometer, and a comfy seat.
It's actually one of the vestibules/cabs on a Budd RDC(Rail Diesel Car).The cars are self propelled, requiring no locomotives, they also have controls at either end of the car so they don't have to turn the cars for the return trip. Built by the Budd Company from 1949 to 1962, this RDC, 6133, who's cab is in the picture was built in 1956 for CP's Dominion Atlantic Railway. It was sold to VIA Rail in 1978 and showed up in Victoria for service on the E&N in 1981.

Here's what the cars look like on the outside. The dome holds the radiators for the two engines mounted under the floor, the engines drive the inner axle of each truck through 2(1 per engine)automatic transmissions connected by a drive shaft. The engines are mounted "behind" the trucks.

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