I did not own a car until I was 35 years old (in 2016). And when I got one, I used it to explore parts of my region that I could not get to by train. I was driving north from Reading, Pa., when I saw the railroad bridges over Route 61 that were painted to advertise the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad’s passenger excursions. I was not interested in a steam train full of kids, but I was interested to learn that they were having a different kind of passenger excursion, one from Pottsville, Pa., down to Reading, on two refurbished RDCs (Rail Diesel Cars), which I found much more appealing. According to various railfan sites, the two RDC cars were by the Budd Company in Philadelphia in the 1950s and were used by various railroads, including the New York Central and the Reading Railroad, as commuter trains.
…An Excursion on the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern’s RDC CarsRead More
