MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS

As passenger rail traffic declined in the 1940s, the Budd Company spotted a need and set out to find a workable way for railroads to continue providing passenger service at a profit. Their solution was the RDC (Rail Diesel Car), a self-propelled passenger car railroads could use on low ridership routes and branch lines. Commonly known as "Budd" cars, these streamlined RDCs were a cross between a locomotive and a passenger car. Since 1999, a dozen different RailKing powered 2-car Budd sets have been released. Yet many have requested additional non-powered cars to expand the original consist. In 2004, we answer those requests with all twelve previously released sets returning as 2-car non-powered add-ons. Each add-on set features the same detailed ABS body with lighted interior detail, die-cast metal trucks and operating metal couplers just like the original powered sets. Did You Know? The Budd company started out by making pressed steel frames for the auto industry. They later boasted that no Budd railcar body ever wore out.