During these years, the railroad used a 1st generation self-propelled Budd Rail Diesel Car ('RDC-1'), originally built for Southern Pacific, which had spent most of its life as #10 on Southern Pacific's subsidiary Northwestern Pacific.
dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðiːz jˈɪɹz, ðə ɹˈeɪlɹoʊd jˈuːzd ɐ fˈɜːst dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən sˈɛlfpɹəpˈɛld bˈʌd ɹˈeɪl dˈiːzəl kˈɑːɹ ˌɑːɹdˌiːsˈiː wˈʌn, ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli bˈɪlt fɔːɹ sˈʌðɚn pɐsˈɪfɪk, wˌɪtʃ hæd spˈɛnt mˈoʊst əv ɪts lˈaɪf æz hˈæʃ tˈɛn ˌɔn sˈʌðɚn pɐsˈɪfɪkz sʌbsˈɪdjɚɹi nɔːɹθwˈɛstɚn pɐsˈɪfɪk.