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| (...) I would tend to say not, as to me, the defining characteristic of a railcar (or a street car, for that matter) is that it has two trucks (rather than articulated the way the 4559 lead unit is) and that it contains the entire "stuff" of a (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: AUSTRIAN RAIL CAR
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| (...) US practice as well. Other terms for such a beast are Doodlebug and RDC. (Rail Diesel Car), both of which originally referred to the products of a specific firm. The notion is that one of these units can take the place of a whole train, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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