On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 8:27:35 PM UTC-4, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Here's the Encyclopedia of Chicago entry...

Thanks!


Ironically, the Budd Company's sprawling railway plant, on Red Lion Road in
northeast Phladelphia, was torn down to become a golf course.  However, I
think the course went out of business.  Haven't been down there in a while. 
But it was very sad when 
the plant* was torn down--the birthplace of so many high quality long lasting
stainless steel postwar railroad trains and subway cars.  Amfleet, of course,
is still running, as are the PATCO and R-32 cars.  I think some diners on Amk
LD trains are really 
old (60 year) Budd built units.  A number of RDCs are still running, either
still as self propelled units, or as dead coaches.

*Originally built for Budd by the Army to build war planes.  Budd bought it
after the war and moved its railway division to it.

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