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Our local Port Authority has 28 miles of lakeside trackage that would make a fine weekend excursion service. There is some interest in acquiring a servicable or restorable RDC-1, so I am soliciting any info or advice in this subject area.
ENR3809 Member # 2349
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RDC's would be perfect for the run, might I suggest getting some of the ex-BC Rail equipment. There are two left, an RDC1 and an RDC3.
BC-21 Built in 1962 for the Reading Railroad and BC-33 built in 1957 for the Pacific Great Eastern(later BC Rail).
PullmanCo Member # 1138
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You might want to check with the folks at Portola RR Museum (Feather River Railroad Society). They are also going down this path.
John
------------------ The City of Saint Louis (UP, 1967) is still my standard for passenger operations
wigwagfan Member # 664
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The Port of Tillamook Bay (Oregon) Railroad owns two RDC-1s used in excursion service - one is operable, the other being restored. The route travels along Tillamook and Garibaldi Bays of the Pacific Ocean, and a few miles up the Salmonberry River Canyon. The Oregon Department of Transportation purchased several RDC-1s from BC Rail and plan to use them on an excursion train (over 90 miles one way) between Portland Union Station and Astoria - at the mouth of the Columbia River into the Pacific - for the Lewis & Clark Celebration.
AND...the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the NRHS owns two demotored RDC-9s which are used in occassional excursion service.
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