Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train?
Author: Tom McCann
Date: 12-25-2011 - 18:14

I've seen some of the multi-domed UP specials, but never a revenue train with that many cars under glass.

Fred Frailey, in his book "Zephyrs, Chiefs and Other Orphans" about the first five years of Amtrak, lists a pre-Amtrak consist of the combined Twin Zephyr/Empire Builder/North Coast Limited that included 10 domes: two TCZ coaches, three EB coaches and a full-length-lounge, two NCL coaches and two NCL sleepers, one of them with a "lounge in the sky".

The pictured train is a combined EB/NCL, judging by the dome types and color schemes, but without the TCZ cars and the second pair of NCL cars.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Marty Bernard 12-25-2011 - 16:04
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Dmac844 12-25-2011 - 17:16
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Tom McCann 12-25-2011 - 18:14
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Chris Walker 12-25-2011 - 22:25
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Peter D. 12-26-2011 - 07:39
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Peter D. 12-26-2011 - 07:47
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Peter D. 12-26-2011 - 07:39
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Peter D. 12-26-2011 - 07:39
  Ahhggg, Computers! Peter D. 12-26-2011 - 07:50
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? LWBaxter 12-26-2011 - 20:53
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Nick K. 12-27-2011 - 08:09
  Re: Did You Ever See So Many Domes on a Train? Z-Train 12-27-2011 - 11:06


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