CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960

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CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960
Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Mar 24 10:32:56 2019 Or so the person providing the photo indicated. (Hope it stays up.) This railroad branch (to Atlantic Highlands, and once extended through Sandy Hook) is now part of the Henry Hudson Rail Trail. But imagine if NJT were still running it as a rail line today, how busy it'd be.
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Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sun Mar 24 10:38:00 2019, in response to CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Mar 24 10:32:56 2019.* You can't go wrong with an RDC. But you can with an SPV :( Bill Newkirk
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Sun Mar 24 11:25:44 2019, in response to Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Mar 24 10:38:00 2019.* What would have been so hard about building the SPV2000 in the same way the RDC was? Not like they had to reinvent the concept of DMU. Oh well. The Highlands Branch was gone by the time any more new Budd DMUs came around IIRC.
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Posted by Alan Follett* on Sun Mar 24 11:28:43 2019, in response to CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Mar 24 10:32:56 2019.* Well, the date looks plausible, based on the parked cars. The latest I can identify, at left, is a 1961 Rambler American. Alan Follett South San Francisco, CA
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Posted by Alan Follett* on Sun Mar 24 16:31:06 2019, in response to Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Mar 24 11:25:44 2019.* I agree. Of course, Budd could still have used the Metroliner/Amfleet body shell design for SPV-2000, while sticking with the tried-and-true RDC mechanicals. Alan Follett South San Francisco, CA
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Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960
Posted by Joe V* on Sun Mar 24 16:55:48 2019, in response to Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Mar 24 11:25:44 2019.* I don't know how Budd managed to fuck up the SPV. But some of the RR owners did not do them any favors by chopping off crankshafts and de-powering 1 truck to eliminate the fireman's position in the cab due to union rules.
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Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960
Posted by Henry R32 #3730* on Mon Mar 25 00:26:48 2019, in response to Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960, posted by Joe V on Sun Mar 24 16:55:48 2019.* I would say in that case the union rules were the problem...
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Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960
Posted by randyo* on Mon Mar 25 17:30:25 2019, in response to Re: CNJ RDC #552 at Keansburg NJ station, c. 1960, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Mon Mar 25 00:26:48 2019.* Not every RR required a fireman on RDCs or SPVs. AFAIK, the NYC and later Metro North did not.
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