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Owner: Amtrak
Model:Budd RDC2Built As:NYC M-480 (RDC2)
Serial Number:5420Order No:
Frame Number:Built:9/1951
Notes:Blt as NYC M-480, 7/1951
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 34(RDC2) PC 80(RDC2) ARR 712(RDC2) PC M-480(RDC2) NYC M-480(RDC2)
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AMTK 34 (RDC-2) at New Haven - 1976
Title:  AMTK 34 (RDC-2) at New Haven - 1976
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 12/11/2011 4:31:25 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  636   Comments: 0
Amtrak RDC-2 #34 - 1976
Title:  Amtrak RDC-2 #34 - 1976
Description:  Note Baggage Section
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 12/26/2011 10:18:21 AM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
Amtrak RDC-2 #32 - New Haven - 1976
Title:  Amtrak RDC-2 #32 - New Haven - 1976
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/14/1976  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 11:15:30 AM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  Picture was taken by Harv Khan(Deceased) I am posting so everyone can enjoy his excellent work
Photo Date:  7/9/1976  Upload Date: 10/10/2006 12:33:54 AM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Crow T. Robot
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  1040   Comments: 0
Amtrak suttke with RDC-2 rounds wye and enters Springfield Station
Title:  Amtrak suttke with RDC-2 rounds wye and enters Springfield Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/1976  Upload Date: 3/10/2012 7:19:25 AM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 18(RDC1)
Views:  896   Comments: 0
Amtrak RDC-2 leads New Haven shuttle into Springfield
Title:  Amtrak RDC-2 leads New Haven shuttle into Springfield
Description:  Note baggage section that makes this an RDC-2
Photo Date:  8/31/1976  Upload Date: 3/10/2012 7:20:38 AM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 18(RDC1)
Views:  2562   Comments: 0
Amtrak RDC-2 #34
Title:  Amtrak RDC-2 #34
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/1976  Upload Date: 3/10/2012 7:33:42 AM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
Amtrak RDC-2 #34
Title:  Amtrak RDC-2 #34
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/1976  Upload Date: 3/10/2012 7:34:55 AM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  RDC-2 #34 southbound at Meadow Rd. in the Wilson section of Windsor.
Photo Date:  8/11/1978  Upload Date: 11/29/2005 10:03:22 AM
Location:  Windsor, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  1069   Comments: 0
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  The 34 and partner pause at Thompsonville depot on their way to Springfield. Old Bigelow Carpet mills at right.
Photo Date:  1/30/1979  Upload Date: 11/28/2005 9:52:01 AM
Location:  Enfield, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  938   Comments: 0
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  Pair of RDC-2's depart Windsor southward.
Photo Date:  7/16/1979  Upload Date: 11/28/2005 10:32:07 AM
Location:  Windsor, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  890   Comments: 0
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  A "pair of deuces", RDC-2's northbound at Windsor.
Photo Date:  1/31/1980  Upload Date: 11/28/2005 6:02:15 PM
Location:  Windsor, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  852   Comments: 0
AMTK train 403
Title:  AMTK train 403
Description:  Train 403 southbound at the flood control dike in the north end of Hartford. Four years later, those gates would be closed, as the second highest recorded flood on the Connecticut River occured on June 1, 1984.
Photo Date:  4/24/1980  Upload Date: 11/11/2005 7:07:54 PM
Location:  Hartford, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 20(RDC1) AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  1374   Comments: 1
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  Train 402 northbound (l-r) crossing the Farmington River on the 1869 stone arch bridge.
Photo Date:  5/20/1980  Upload Date: 11/14/2005 5:31:41 PM
Location:  Windsor, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 14(RDC1)
Views:  1058   Comments: 0
The old and the new
Title:  The old and the new
Description:  ...and the old is DEFINITELY the better of the two. The RDC was still racking up miles after almost 30 years, the SPV's would become known as "Seldom Powered Vehicles", for good reason, within months of going into service.
Photo Date:  6/3/1980  Upload Date: 11/18/2005 7:36:11 PM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 992(SPV-2000) AMTK 993(SPV-2000)
Views:  1839   Comments: 1
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  RDC "Deuce" 34 at Springfield. The 34, origionally NYC M-480, was the only RDC-2 the NYC owned.
Photo Date:  6/3/1980  Upload Date: 11/18/2005 7:38:41 PM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  915   Comments: 0
"Duke and the Dutchess"
Title:  "Duke and the Dutchess"
Description:  Running as train 403, RDC's 34 and 36 split the signals at Midian Ave. These were the last pair of active Amtrak RDC's, operating into 1985, and got the nickname then.
Photo Date:  6/12/1980  Upload Date: 11/14/2005 5:33:30 PM
Location:  Windsor, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2)
Views:  1043   Comments: 1
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  Train 402 hurries northward out of Quarry Jct and is about to pass beneath the Hicks Ave. overhead.
Photo Date:  6/18/1980  Upload Date: 11/22/2005 10:20:15 AM
Location:  Meriden, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 18(RDC1)
Views:  885   Comments: 0
Amtrak 34 in New Haven CT. From the collection of Frank Szachacz.
Title:  Amtrak 34 in New Haven CT. From the collection of Frank Szachacz.
Description:  RDC-2 in New Haven CT. From the collection of Frank Szachacz
Photo Date:  7/26/1980  Upload Date: 8/13/2019 3:42:35 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
Amtrak 34
Title:  Amtrak 34
Description:  RDC No. 34 is shown with Santa Claus cutouts in the windows a few days before Christmas, 1980. Car appeared to be the Ivy City shuttle on this icy December day.
Photo Date:  12/23/1980  Upload Date: 12/29/2018 6:37:10 PM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  James Sponholz
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  351   Comments: 0
AMTK 34
Title:  AMTK 34
Description:  Ivy City shuttle, replaced the WT MP-54.
Photo Date:  5/2/1981  Upload Date: 12/21/2012 3:45:39 PM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  451   Comments: 2
Duke and the Dutchess
Title:  Duke and the Dutchess
Description:  The 34 was the only RDC-2 with the three-chime horn. They're rounding the curve at the north end of the Windsor Locks station
Photo Date:  8/1/1983  Upload Date: 11/28/2005 6:03:39 PM
Location:  Windsor Locks, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 36(RDC2) AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  1122   Comments: 0
Duke & Dutchess
Title:  Duke & Dutchess
Description:  RDC-2's 36 and 34 depart Windsor Locks as train 495.
Photo Date:  2/1/1984  Upload Date: 12/19/2005 12:54:50 PM
Location:  Windsor Locks, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  683   Comments: 0
Amtrak RDC-2 #34
Title:  Amtrak RDC-2 #34
Description:  Date is Approximate
Photo Date:  4/15/1985  Upload Date: 1/24/2014 10:23:45 AM
Location:  Springfield, MA
Author:  Frank A. Phillips Jr.
Categories:  Roster,Model,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  863   Comments: 0
The "Duke & the Dutchess"
Title:  The "Duke & the Dutchess"
Description:  The last two RDC's to see regular Amtrak service head north along the canal in Windsor Locks as train 450.
Photo Date:  4/20/1985  Upload Date: 7/5/2006 8:17:26 PM
Location:  Windsor Locks, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2)
Views:  785   Comments: 0
The "Duke & the Dutchess"
Title:  The "Duke & the Dutchess"
Description:  The last two RDC's to see regular Amtrak service head north along the canal in Windsor Locks as train 450.
Photo Date:  4/20/1985  Upload Date: 7/5/2006 8:20:15 PM
Location:  Windsor Locks, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2)
Views:  1006   Comments: 1
The "Duke and the Dutchess"
Title:  The "Duke and the Dutchess"
Description:  Amtrak's last two operational RDC's depart Berlin northbound. They would finish out the year before retiring. The 36, ex NH 121, went to Alaska, along with sister NH car, AMTK 15.
Photo Date:  5/22/1985  Upload Date: 11/25/2005 4:07:36 PM
Location:  Berlin, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 36(RDC2)
Views:  948   Comments: 0
12:27, AMTK 498
Title:  12:27, AMTK 498
Description:  Amtrak's last two operational RDC's, the "Duke and the Dutchess", arrive in Windsor as train 498. The Budds survive in Alaska, but sadly, that big Elm tree is gone.
Photo Date:  5/25/1985  Upload Date: 7/25/2006 2:39:29 PM
Location:  Windsor, CT
Author:  Carl Weber
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 36(RDC2) AMTK 34(RDC2)
Views:  1156   Comments: 1
AMTK 212
Title:  AMTK 212
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/1985  Upload Date: 1/21/2020 9:03:02 PM
Location:  New Haven, CT
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 212(F40PH) AMTK 213(F40PH) AMTK 34(RDC2) AMTK 990(SPV-2000)
Views:  474   Comments: 1


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