I went to the Kate Shelley Division meet on Nov. 1st in Boone, IA. and happened to pick up about the only G-scale item there for sale. It is an Aristo-craft BUDD RDC car. It will serve as passenger service on my railroad.

 The body is polished extruded aluminum, Ball bearings on all axles and gear boxes, All wheel drive, Directional headlights and marker lights, Radio control or DCC ready, DCC port and dummy plug, Battery power ready, Sound ready, New smoke system and Interior lighting.

 I ran it on the CIGRS club layout that was set up at the show and it ran very well. I also got a good buy on it for $160.00.

Here are a couple pictures on my layout.

Leon

 

Leon,

 

I also like the RDC, and have recently decided to get one when the new RDC-3s show up. Perfect for when you want to run a train but don't have time to put out a loco and cars. (Like when you are wielding a 1 year old).

 

Mark

You mean like this?

 

Hey , put that on a FA/U25 motor block , and it would sell maybe like EGGliners , well maybe it would .

 

 

Your Bud looks great leonpete , I would have one if I had the curves for them .

Pete was talking about that idea.  It'd be called a Breadliner because it looks like a loaf of bread.  Then, all you'd need is some milk, and you could have the perfect snow fighting train (bread, milk and eggs).

 

 

If you have tracking problems, one fix is to swap the traction tires out for solid wheels. The loco tends to run better, with even pulling power between the axles, in my opinion. You can buy a set of traction-tire-less wheels from Aristo.

 

I believe the part numbers are on my page: http://www.elmassian.com/trains-mainmenu-27/motive-power-mods-aamp-tips-mainmenu-35/aristo-motive-power-mainmenu-72/rdc-mainmenu-78

 

Regards, Greg