In UK the name doodlebug is synonymous for the German V1 flying bomb during WW2 and the bombing of London. This was due to the droning sound the pulse-jet engine made as they flew over head.
When I was growing up in the sixties V1s were usually referred to as Doodlebugs or sometimes Flying Bombs. They would not have been called V1s when they first appeared as nobody anticipated a second weapon.
Thanks for the nice presentation. I think the term doodlebug was used because the erratic travel routes of these trains in a way imitates the behavior of the doodlebug insect.
I rode a doodlebug on the last passenger run on the original MKT line that ran from near Junction City KS to Parsons KS. It was about 1954 and I rode the segment from Dunlap KS to Americus KS.
I recall with considerable fondness and nostalgia, GM&O's trains 9 & 10, which operated in their final years as a Dooglebug between Bloomington, Illinois, and Kansas City, Missouri. These trains, affectionately known by locals as "The Hounddog", operated into the early 1960s. The trains stopped at Laddonia, Missouri, where my grandparents lived. My father and I would travel on these trains to either Vandalia [eastbound] or Mexico [westbound]. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the train consisted of an EMD E8, baggage, RPO, and a single coach [which featured a small kitchen, serving hot drinks and light meals, at the rear].
The Sandy River,&,Rangely Lakes,[2 foot Guage],also had a homebuilt doodlebug! That line was located in Maine! FYI,and several lines in England and Ireland also ran gas-mechanical,or gas-electric cars! All in all,a most interesting history! And last,but least,Germany and France had many self propelled units,in service,with a long history of operations! Thank you 😇 😊!
10:17 Victorian Railways in Australia had 10 EMD doodlebugs. Very successful, introduced in 1928, and in service until 1991. Saw their replacements cone and go. Used the Winton engine until 1950s, replaced by twin GM 6/71 diesels for the remainder of their service.
Very interesting. I had never heard of Doodlebugs before. In 2009 I travelled in India on a narrow gauge mountain railway from Kalka to Shimla in a rail motorcar called "Galloping Goose". Now I understand where that name came from. Greetings from the Netherlands.
i never new that the Sperry Inspection car was a refurbished D Bug. I saw it frequently on the rails of NYC Transit. Most of the time making me late on my train schedule getting caught behind it or waiting for it to move out of the terminal.
a mkeen motor car was rebuilt in reno nevada and is run at a train museum now and then. the original power plant was removed and replaced with a caterpiller engin.
When I moved to the Boston area in 1980, the Boston & Maine was still running Budd RDCs in their mix of commuter rail service from South Station and Back Bay Station out to the SW, reaching Dedham, Islington, Norwood, Walpole, etc (They might've run the Budd cars on other lines, too....but they weren't my commute route).
By the time I got there in 1982, the MBTA (which had already taken over North Station Commuter Rail from the Boston & Maine several years earlier) had demotored them and made them locomotive-hauled for propulsion purposes, while retaining 1 of 2 engines to generate electricity and heat. In 1987 or 1988, I got a cab ride in one of these (they retained the ability to be used as cab cars), and the engineer told me that the T had wanted to get rid of them already, but they couldn't due to the renaissance in Commuter Rail traffic. And 4 derelict RDCs persisted on MBTA property into the 2010s. By the way, the South Station routes are all NOT from Boston & Maine, instead being from Penn Central (by way of Boston & Albany/New York Central to Framingham and by way of the New Haven Railroad or railroads leased by the New Haven to the south).
@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio I neglected to add that I moved away from Boston at the end of 1987, so there's much that's got on there (notably the Big Dig) that I was not there for. And by 1982 I'd moved from Norwood to Winthrop and became a "T" commuter only (no use of Commuter Rail). Thanks for the additional information.
Although not related to the subject Doodlebugs of this video, there was a local short line in South Carolina which hosted a train shuttling between 2 towns. The train was tagged the Pickens Doodle line because it looked like a doodle bug in reverse. The line is now a local fitness rail trail named the "Doodle Trail".
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Love this video and this channel... I just hope it doesn't get demonetized for using an abbreviation for transmission that's coincidentally similar to an offensive word.
DOODLEBUG is the name given to V1 German flying bombs used against England during WW2 from 1944-45. It was the precursor of the modern day Cruise missile.
I Love the Budd RDC. The SPV-2000 or "Constitution Liner" was a modernized RDC used in Connecticut until fairly recently on the Danbury and Waterbury lines and as a conference car for the state government. There is a preserved Constitution Liner that runs on the Naugatuck railroad (ex state gov conference car), though since the constitution liners were horribly unreliable, they de-powered it so it's basically a coach now. I think VIA still runs RDCs in Canada, but I forget which line they run on. The Budd RDC was also the basis for the design of the Budd Metroliner EMU, which was also adapted to make the Amfleet coaches. So most of Amtrak's modern NEC services and the downeaster use rolling stock that is a direct descendant of the illustrious doodlebug p
@@markwilliams2620 kinda surprised that rolling stock from the 1950s is still actively being used for regular passenger trains, but speaks to the reliability of the RDC I guess
@@skyem5250 Via is still using Budd stainless steel cars in main line passanger service that were build in the 40s. Most were rebuilt in the 90s.Both sleeper and coaches.
Fun fact: one of the Aussie built EMC Doodlebugs runs on the mainline at 50mph/80kph. it's belived to the only EMC doodlebug running on the mainline in the world
My cousin says that Chicago & Great Western used a doodlebug as a switcher in Winona Minnesota. He sent me a color photo, probably taken in the 1960's.
You forgot that the majority of Doodlebugs were repowered with diesel engines following a 1940 collision that resulted in a fire that charred all but 3 of the occupants onboard
Mom called me her little doodlebug when I was young, also I had a best friend that was adopted and when he was a baby the nurses all called him Doodlebug this was in the early 50s, and it was put on his original birth certificate, when he was adopted he was given a proper name. True story R.I.P Jay aka Doodlebug you are dearly missed my friend you and momma..
Also the DCTA A-Train between Denton and Trinity Mills, and a DART shuttle from a remote parking lot to the State Fair of Texas on the old T&P main dubbed the Big Tex Express.
@@skyem5250 haha I only have seen Schenectady once in my life, and having grown up in NYC, we never really traveled far out upstate. Maybe that's why I mispronounced it. Thanks for watching!
It's too bad so many content creators on YT think they have to add emojis, perplexed and confused stock photos, et. al to make their videos interesting. This would have been fine without the insipid and superfluous inserts.
I love the Doodlebug. I have many HO scale examples. Unfortunately, they are all in storage and I have no way to get to them due to medical reasons. I think that they were a great idea and still think so. 🙈🙉🙊😎🇺🇲🚋
Great video! Doodlebugs have always been some of my favorite kinds of railcars, especially the streamlined ones.
How did I know you would say that? ;)
In UK the name doodlebug is synonymous for the German V1 flying bomb during WW2 and the bombing of London. This was due to the droning sound the pulse-jet engine made as they flew over head.
That's exactly what came to my mind when I read doodlbug.
@@karstendoerr5378 me too
When I was growing up in the sixties V1s were usually referred to as Doodlebugs or sometimes Flying Bombs. They would not have been called V1s when they first appeared as nobody anticipated a second weapon.
Thought they were refered to as Buzz bombs?@robertb7918
@@lawrencewheeler8868 The V1 was also known as the "buzz bomb" due to the sound the pulse-jet engine made.
Nice video. Never knew the Sperry cars were former doodle bugs but it makes sense given the design.
Thanks for the nice presentation. I think the term doodlebug was used because the erratic travel routes of these trains in a way imitates the behavior of the doodlebug insect.
In different areas it went by different nicknames . In Mexican areas it was called La Burrito. Some people called it The Skunk 🦨 or Stinkbug .
I have written on some of these doodlebugs; the EBT M1, and the LO&S one at Strasburg.
Hear me out...
The Diesel Powered Stadler Flirt is Technically still a doodlebug.
I rode a doodlebug on the last passenger run on the original MKT line that ran from near Junction City KS to Parsons KS. It was about 1954 and I rode the segment from Dunlap KS to Americus KS.
I recall with considerable fondness and nostalgia, GM&O's trains 9 & 10, which operated in their final years as a Dooglebug between Bloomington, Illinois, and Kansas City, Missouri. These trains, affectionately known by locals as "The Hounddog", operated into the early 1960s. The trains stopped at Laddonia, Missouri, where my grandparents lived. My father and I would travel on these trains to either Vandalia [eastbound] or Mexico [westbound]. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the train consisted of an EMD E8, baggage, RPO, and a single coach [which featured a small kitchen, serving hot drinks and light meals, at the rear].
The Sandy River,&,Rangely Lakes,[2 foot Guage],also had a homebuilt doodlebug! That line was located in Maine! FYI,and several lines in England and Ireland also ran gas-mechanical,or gas-electric cars! All in all,a most interesting history! And last,but least,Germany and France had many self propelled units,in service,with a long history of operations! Thank you 😇 😊!
Several BUDD RDC are still operational in Canada. The surviving BUDD cars should be refurbished, given an updated engine, and put back in service.
They're used on VIA's route between Sudbury and White River on CPKC track, a largely roadless stretch bypassed when the Canadian was rerouted on CN.
10:17 Victorian Railways in Australia had 10 EMD doodlebugs. Very successful, introduced in 1928, and in service until 1991. Saw their replacements cone and go. Used the Winton engine until 1950s, replaced by twin GM 6/71 diesels for the remainder of their service.
Very interesting. I had never heard of Doodlebugs before. In 2009 I travelled in India on a narrow gauge mountain railway from Kalka to Shimla in a rail motorcar called "Galloping Goose". Now I understand where that name came from. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Great video. I love the history and the variety of pictures of the different vehicles.
The WW2 German V-1 was called a "Doodle Bug", by the British.
i never new that the Sperry Inspection car was a refurbished D Bug. I saw it frequently on the rails of NYC Transit. Most of the time making me late on my train schedule getting caught behind it or waiting for it to move out of the terminal.
a mkeen motor car was rebuilt in reno nevada and is run at a train museum now and then. the original power plant was removed and replaced with a caterpiller engin.
On the Seaboard the locals called them Boll Weevils. One ran down the line between Charleston SC and Savannah GA
Great history! Well done, and thanks!
great video. I never knew anything about these kinds of vehicles.
A few doodlebugs made it "Down Under", with a couple operating on the Daylesford tourist railway in the State of Victoria.
Minneapolis & St.Louis was a user of Doodle bugs
Fantastic video very useful for railroad modeling
Doodlebugs were DMUs or colloquially known as Fart Carts on UK Railways. These were Successful in the UK
There are also automobiles converted into tractors called “doodlebugs”, usually Ford Model A’s and T’s.
When I moved to the Boston area in 1980, the Boston & Maine was still running Budd RDCs in their mix of commuter rail service from South Station and Back Bay Station out to the SW, reaching Dedham, Islington, Norwood, Walpole, etc (They might've run the Budd cars on other lines, too....but they weren't my commute route).
By the time I got there in 1982, the MBTA (which had already taken over North Station Commuter Rail from the Boston & Maine several years earlier) had demotored them and made them locomotive-hauled for propulsion purposes, while retaining 1 of 2 engines to generate electricity and heat. In 1987 or 1988, I got a cab ride in one of these (they retained the ability to be used as cab cars), and the engineer told me that the T had wanted to get rid of them already, but they couldn't due to the renaissance in Commuter Rail traffic. And 4 derelict RDCs persisted on MBTA property into the 2010s.
By the way, the South Station routes are all NOT from Boston & Maine, instead being from Penn Central (by way of Boston & Albany/New York Central to Framingham and by way of the New Haven Railroad or railroads leased by the New Haven to the south).
@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio I neglected to add that I moved away from Boston at the end of 1987, so there's much that's got on there (notably the Big Dig) that I was not there for. And by 1982 I'd moved from Norwood to Winthrop and became a "T" commuter only (no use of Commuter Rail). Thanks for the additional information.
Very informative and a well-researched video with some great historic photos/footage.
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Although not related to the subject Doodlebugs of this video, there was a local short line in South Carolina which hosted a train shuttling between 2 towns. The train was tagged the Pickens Doodle line because it looked like a doodle bug in reverse. The line is now a local fitness rail trail named the "Doodle Trail".
Subscribed, thank you for all the hard work you've done. Kindly DO NOT abbreviate the word transmission ever and redo your slide with the proper full name.
I admire your courage in narrating this despite your difficulty speaking. Takes guts.
Wait, what?
@@jamesstetz9884 you mean the a.i
Lol he is not ai @TopHotDog
Sounds fine to me. What are you on about. ANY live voice is better than the crappy computer generated voice tracks some use.
Very good explanation for a vehicle that may soon see a revival with the coming demands of decarbonization.
It was always fun to watch the Budd rail cars on BC Rail back in the 1990s…
10:16 S Tier background song. Icosa is so goated
Great video, really enjoyed it
Love this video and this channel... I just hope it doesn't get demonetized for using an abbreviation for transmission that's coincidentally similar to an offensive word.
Great video. Now if I can find one for my Lionel train set.
Very interesting. Thank You
DOODLEBUG is the name given to V1 German flying bombs used against England during WW2 from 1944-45.
It was the precursor of the modern day Cruise missile.
Doodlebugs are what Texans call Seismograph Crews.😮😅😊😢
Came here to say the same thing.
ATSF M-131 is in operational condition
Where is it?
The SP had a gas electric that ran from Yoakum to Waco via Flatonia called"The Dinky".
It was discontinued in 1950.😮😅😊😢
Wow loved riding on the gas-powered bug.
I Love the Budd RDC. The SPV-2000 or "Constitution Liner" was a modernized RDC used in Connecticut until fairly recently on the Danbury and Waterbury lines and as a conference car for the state government. There is a preserved Constitution Liner that runs on the Naugatuck railroad (ex state gov conference car), though since the constitution liners were horribly unreliable, they de-powered it so it's basically a coach now. I think VIA still runs RDCs in Canada, but I forget which line they run on. The Budd RDC was also the basis for the design of the Budd Metroliner EMU, which was also adapted to make the Amfleet coaches. So most of Amtrak's modern NEC services and the downeaster use rolling stock that is a direct descendant of the illustrious doodlebug p
I thought they were gone after they stopped the Thunder Bay runs. A short search reveals the Sudbury to White River line had them as of last year.
@@markwilliams2620 kinda surprised that rolling stock from the 1950s is still actively being used for regular passenger trains, but speaks to the reliability of the RDC I guess
VIA still runs 3 Budd RDC cars beteween Sudbury and White River, Ontario.
@@skyem5250 Via is still using Budd stainless steel cars in main line passanger service that were build in the 40s. Most were rebuilt in the 90s.Both sleeper and coaches.
6:38 - WHAT?!😮 NO!😲 Don't ever do that railroads!😅
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Brill also made gas-electrics (doodlebugs). A couple of the DRGW Zephyrettes were sold to the Northern Pacific Railroad. CHEERS!
Well Done!
Fun fact: one of the Aussie built EMC Doodlebugs runs on the mainline at 50mph/80kph. it's belived to the only EMC doodlebug running on the mainline in the world
Sadly, SCL 4900 (SAL 2028) was scrapped shortly after Amtrak took over passenger service.
My cousin says that Chicago & Great Western used a doodlebug as a switcher in Winona Minnesota.
He sent me a color photo, probably taken in the 1960's.
You forgot that the majority of Doodlebugs were repowered with diesel engines following a 1940 collision that resulted in a fire that charred all but 3 of the occupants onboard
3:58 He technically didn't
@@shanewalters2565 What I meant was in the 1940s, some railroads rebuilt their doodlebugs to run on diesel fuel following the Doodlebug disaster
I think up until the early 1950's, my hometown had a interurban that ran doodlebugs.
They're just America's version of the diesel railcar.
Where I'm from, doodlebug was the name given to the V1 flying bomb used by the Nazis in WW2. Never heard of a train called that.
Mom called me her little doodlebug when I was young, also I had a best friend that was adopted and when he was a baby the nurses all called him Doodlebug this was in the early 50s, and it was put on his original birth certificate, when he was adopted he was given a proper name. True story R.I.P Jay aka Doodlebug you are dearly missed my friend you and momma..
Doodlebug Cab Forwards.
Until a few years ago,the Trinity Railway Express used RDC1s in commuter service between Fort Worth and Dallas.😮😅😊😢
Also the DCTA A-Train between Denton and Trinity Mills, and a DART shuttle from a remote parking lot to the State Fair of Texas on the old T&P main dubbed the Big Tex Express.
8:21 THE MILWAUKEE ROAD
Kinda surprised that someone named "West of Hudson" would mispronounce Schenectady like that.... No hate, it made me smile :)
@@skyem5250 haha I only have seen Schenectady once in my life, and having grown up in NYC, we never really traveled far out upstate. Maybe that's why I mispronounced it. Thanks for watching!
The M1 was always narrow gauge
"Ska-nek-tah- dee", not "shah" 😊
Interesting.😮😅😊😢
It's pronounced "Skenektady", not "Shenektady" (actual spelling Schenectady). Used to live there.
Inter urban used in the north west
Via and Canadian national still operate them
The Plant City Tico Trolley?
Only 3 J G Brils are still here. Shite. Well better than nothing.🤔
Some very nice historical photos but in some cases the narration does not match the photo.
It's too bad so many content creators on YT think they have to add emojis, perplexed and confused stock photos, et. al to make their videos interesting. This would have been fine without the insipid and superfluous inserts.
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Is this supposed to be a,video? Because I don't see any pictures, either on my TV or my phone.
Eeyup! In full 1080p HD. It would help if you tried opening your eyes this time. JK 😉 LOL!
@@GalaxyFur There was something wrong with my player. It seemed to have corrected itself.
I love the Doodlebug. I have many HO scale examples. Unfortunately, they are all in storage and I have no way to get to them due to medical reasons.
I think that they were a great idea and still think so.
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