To win over the railroads with its new Rail Diesel Car (RDC), the Budd Co. wasn't content with a single model type. In a time ...

Ed Budd's steel car was a radical departure for the rail industry. There was nothing ... Budd added a new diesel engine from General Motors, and the Zephyr was off and running, faster than ...

Budd certainly needed new winds to begin blowing for his railroad. When he took over the ... Budd installed stationary diesel engine to provide standby power to the workers underground.