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Spring is arriving, slowly, but finally! Tonight is forecast to hit -12C.
The chickadees have begun their love songs, although they don't seem to know why.
© Ric Hornsby 2014
The lock had moved away from the hot-melt glue but not enough to allow access to the key-hole.
Nevertheless, I did the right thing for the sake of security and appearance.
The Rail Diesel Car, better known as simply RDCs, became a popular self-propelled contraption designed by the Budd Company in the late 1940s. They were clad in the company's attractive stainless steel. Since the RDC could be operated singly or in tandem it is also known as a diesel multiple unit or DMU. The car was 85 feet long and could hold 90 patrons. For power it featured two Detroit Diesel V6 prime movers (originally used on tanks during World War II), capable of producing between 250 and 280 horsepower each and mounted beneath the floor. The purpose of duel engines was quite calculated. Engineers allowed them to operate independently from one another so in the event that one failed the other would be able to allow the car to finish its journey without being stranded. Since the Rail Diesel Car most often, particularly during its early years, operated singly this added feature came in extremely handy and resulted in few incidents of breakdown out on the main line.
The original RDC-1, which sold 239 units was essentially a basic coach. However, the next model to be released, the RDC-2 (which sold 67 examples), was a combination design with seating for only 70 passengers and the rest of the space designated for baggage or mail (and included a sliding freight door). The next model was the RDC-3, also 85 feet long which was a combination/Railway Post Office (RPO) and could seat 48 passengers (48 of these were ultimately purchased). Then there was the RDC-4 design. Interestingly, this unit held no passengers at all and was meant only as a baggage/RPO. It sold just 14 units. Finally there was the RDC-9. It could best be described as a "B" unit since there was no cab with seating only available (for 94) and was meant to operated in tandem with an early, cabbed model. Surprisingly, the original Rail Diesel Car was always Budd's bestselling design. Altogether the company sold 404 units to numerous Class Is, and other railroads. Systems like Amtrak, BC Rail, VIA Rail, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), and others all continued to use RDCs through the 1970s and 1980s. Even today, VIA still operates a few.
Adapted from: www.american-rails.com/rdcs.html
Photographed at the 29th Annual Nostalgic Indoor Invitational Auto Show at Avanti's Dome in Pekin, Illinois on March 30, 2013. The show is presented by the Early Ford V-8 Club of America Regional Group #51.
Please visit my Motor Vehicles Collection on Flickr where you will find more than 10,000 photographs that have been thoughtfully categorized into dozens of sets, and carefully organized by model year, manufacturer, vehicle type, and more. This project, which began in 2008, continues to expand with new material added daily.
This is a self made CS2 collage (Not Flickr tools) of various street art (grafitti) around Melbourne. Some colour adjustments in Photoshop to get a vibrant blend of colours.
This photo is over 4 years old now and it is my photo with the most views. I have added a number of cameras since the early days of my Canon 350D. They are as follows......
Ricoh GRD
Panasonic LX3
Sigma DP1s
Sigma DP2
Canon EOS 500D
Canon 1Ds mark ii
Sony Nex-C3
And of course various lenses:)
St. Louis, MO / US - House with an unusual addition. The actual city in the St. Louis area may be Glendale or Webster Groves.
A moated medieval manor house, owned by the National Trust
Dating from the early 1400s, this is said to be the most coplete medieval manor in the country. It has retained its square format surrounding a central courtyard all enclosed within a surrounding moat
Most houses of the period in the more peaceful years have had parts of the square demolished to enable a more open aspect to be achieved, but not here. Other buildings have been added and altered mostly in the 16th to the 19th centuries But the integrity of Ightham Mote is still here. This is real history before your eyes.