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    The Budd Company was a 20th-century metal fabricator, a major supplier of body components to the automobile industry, and a manufacturer of stainless steel...
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  • up Budd or budd in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Budd may refer to: Budd (given name) Budd (surname) Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, Antarctica Budd Creek...
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    unit (DMU) railcar. Between 1949 and 1962, 398 RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The cars were primarily...
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    Robert Budd Dwyer (November 21, 1939 – January 22, 1987) was an American politician. He served from 1965 to 1971 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania...
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    The Budd SPV-2000 is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit railcar built by the Budd Company between 1978 and 1981 for use on North American commuter railroads...
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    The Budd RB-1 Conestoga was a twin-engine, stainless steel cargo aircraft designed for the United States Navy during World War II by the Budd Company of...
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    Edward Gowen Budd (December 28, 1870 – November 30, 1946) was an American inventor and businessman. Edward Gowen Budd was born in Smyrna, Delaware, on...
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    The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) ordered 61 Metroliner cars from the Budd Company in 1966 as part of a collaboration with the federal government to improve...
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    Amfleet (category Budd Company)
    railroad passenger cars built by the Budd Company for American company Amtrak in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Budd based the Amfleet design on its earlier...
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    built by the Budd Company (under the name Transit America) from 1983 to 1986, and were the last cars ever built by Budd before the company shuttered its...
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    became standard. Mass production of all-metal bodies began with the Budd Company and the Dodge Brothers. Mass production of all-metal bodies became general...
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    Express service. In North America, dome cars were manufactured by the Budd Company, Pullman Standard and American Car & Foundry. Southern Pacific Railroad...
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    Pioneer Zephyr (category Budd multiple units)
    The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known...
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    to the late 1920s and advances in lightweight car body design by the Budd Company. The economic recovery from World War II hastened the widespread adoption...
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    Upton Sinclair (redirect from Lanny Budd)
    the 20th century. An actual company named the Budd Company manufactured arms during World War II, founded by Edward G. Budd in 1912. The novels were bestsellers...
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    Ralph Budd (August 20, 1879 – February 2, 1962) was an American railroad executive who was the president of the Great Northern Railway from 1919 up until...
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    The Budd–Michelin rubber-tired rail cars were built by the Budd Company in the United States between 1931 and 1933 using French firm Michelin's "Micheline"...
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    parent company of Japanese train car builder Kawasaki Heavy Industries, was the lowest bidder for the initial 325 cars, while the American Budd Company submitted...
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    two similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars built by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Railroad and Metro-North's...
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    R11/R34 (New York City Subway car) (category Budd multiple units)
    prototype class of experimental New York City Subway cars built by the Budd Company in 1949 for the IND/BMT B Division. A total of ten cars were built, arranged...
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    2600-series (CTA) (category Budd multiple units)
    2600-series is a series of Chicago "L" car built between 1981 and 1987 by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 600 cars were built, and 493 of them remain...
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    stainless-steel commuter EMU train body and related bogie technology from the Budd Company of the United States. Since then, Tokyu Car has specialised in stainless-steel...
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    aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer. He is best known for designing the Budd BB-1 Pioneer, the first stainless steel aircraft, and the Pedaliante airplane...
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    Durant (automobile) (category Budd Company)
    the vehicle were supplied by Budd Company. In 1930, some Durants were built with all steel bodies, also supplied by Budd. Durant Motors was found insolvent...
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    Shot welding (category Budd Company)
    patented by Earl J. Ragsdale, a mechanical engineer at the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company in 1932 to weld stainless steel. This welding method was used...
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  • owners. Budd RDC #15 on a Black Hawk service in 1975. Budd Metroliner cab car #880 leading a Metroliner service in 1980. Amtrak paint schemes Budd SPV-2000...
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  • (numbered 2601–3200) were manufactured by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the same company that made the 2200-series, and first delivered...
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    management of Ford to approve a small, sporty car for production, the Budd Company built a prototype two-seat roadster called the XT-Bird. The XT-Bird was...
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    The Budd Silverliner was a model of electric multiple unit railcar designed and built by the Budd Company with 59 examples being delivered starting in...
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    car. A "sporty" youth-oriented convertible was built in 1962 by the Budd Company, an independent body builder in Detroit, Michigan, for evaluation by...
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