![]() Car (kär) n. 1. An automobile. 2. A vehicle, such as a streetcar, that runs on rails: a railroad car. 3. A boxlike enclosure for people or cargo on a conveyance: an. Dome car - Wikipedia. A dome car is a type of railwaypassenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in all directions around the train. It also can include features of a coach, lounge car, dining car, sleeping car or observation. Beginning in 1. 94. United States and Canada, though a small number were constructed in Europe for Trans Europ Express service, and similar panorama cars are in service on Alpine tourist railways like the Bernina Express. You have no saved vehicles. Add a vehicle to quickly see parts that fit your make and model. ADD A VEHICLE. There’s two common cars with hatchbacks and rear-window wipers. The top car has a rear window angle of about 80°, almost vertical, and the bottom car has a rear. In North America, dome cars were manufactured by the Budd Company, Pullman Standard and American Car & Foundry. Southern Pacific Railroad built its own dome cars in its Sacramento, California, shops. In the 1. 99. 0s Colorado Railcar began producing dome cars. Generally, seats in the dome were considered "non- revenue" like lounge car seats. When dome cars operate today in excursion trains, the dome seats often command a premium fare. Configuration[edit]A portion of the car, usually in the center of the car but offset towards one end, is split between two levels. The offset results in floorplans having a "long end" and a "short end" on the main level. Stairs then go up to the dome and down to the lower level, with the lower level below the dome usually offering restrooms or a small lounge area, while the upper portion is usually coach or lounge seating within a "bubble" of glass on the car's roof. Passengers in the upper portion of the dome are able to see in all directions from a vantage point above the train's roofline. In the United States, the Union Pacific Railroad operated dome dining cars. These cars had a kitchen in the short end, with a pantry in half the space under the dome. The other half of the space under the dome was a private dining room for small groups. Between the pantry and kitchen there was a dumbwaiter to transfer items between the kitchen and the dining area in the dome portion of the car.[1] The "long end" was the main dining area. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad operated mid- train dome- dormitory- buffet- lounge cars on its California Zephyr, Kansas City Zephyr and American Royal Zephyr, and dome- dormitory- coffee shop cars on its Denver Zephyr. The dormitory space was used by on- board train crew such as the dining car staff. Several railroads operated dome sleeping cars. Those of the Northern Pacific Railway had four bedrooms in the "long end", four roomettes in the "short end" and four duplex single rooms under the dome.[citation needed]The Wabash Railroad and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad operated dome parlor cars for first class day service. Wabash's Blue Bird included a Budd dome- parlor- observation as part of its original consist, and later added a Pullman- Standard dome- parlor car. The CB& Q operated dome- parlor- observation cars on the Twin Zephyrs, the Kansas City Zephyr and the Denver Zephyr. Several railroads operated dome observation cars, usually at the rear of the train. These cars have a dome on top of the car with a rounded- end or flat- end rear "observation" section (on the main floor) where passengers can sit and look out at the receding scenery. These cars often have additional sleeping compartments under the dome and/or in the "short end" as well as a bar and/or additional lounge spaces. The original California Zephyr, operated in part by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB& Q), referred to its car of this type as a Vista- Dome sleeper- lounge- observation, which had one drawing room and three double bedrooms as well as a dome and observation area. The Canadian Pacific Railway outfitted the 1. Canadian with "Park"- series dome- sleeper- observations, most of which remain in service with Via Rail Canada. Variations on dome cars[edit]While the partial dome cars were the most common, a number of variations on the dome car (typically called "observation" cars) were developed. In particular the full length dome car, the dome lounge car, as well as the "transition" car stand out. In the case of the former, the observation dome extended the full length of the car, with a lower level which contained a lounge or bar beneath it. This type of car was used extensively by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) railroads. Transition cars were similar to full length dome cars, save in one regard. These cars were intended to serve as a transition between regular rolling stock, and double deck stock. To facilitate this, one vestibule of the car was lower, while the other was at the height of the upper vestibule of the double deck stock. Amtrak utilized these transition cars for a time, primarily in situations where cars inherited from other railroads made up the bulk of Amtrak's rolling stock. The transition cars were utilized primarily in the early days of Amtrak, and began to be phased out of service as Amtrak began to purchase, or produce, its own double deck cars. The majority of transition cars were scrapped, though a few were kept in service and rebuilt into more "traditional" high vestibule double deck cars. Dome lounge[edit]. The lower level of a Milwaukee Road Super Dome car in 1. A dome lounge is a type of domed railroad passenger car that includes lounge, cafe, dining or other space on the upper level or both levels of the car. Examples include both short (approximately half the length of the car, with the dome located just forward or just rearward of the car's center) and full (taking almost the entire length of the car). Some examples include sleeping compartments or coach seating. Classic dome lounges (built during the streamliner era in the U. S. and Canada) include: "Super Dome" full- length cars were built by Pullman- Standard in 1. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, also known as the Milwaukee Road, and operated in the railroad's Hiawatha passenger train fleet.[2] Ten cars were initially constructed, with one of these destroyed in a derailment while on a test run and later rebuilt using new parts and parts salvaged from the original destroyed car."Big Dome" full- length cars built by the Budd Company in 1. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for the railroad's passenger train fleet. Fourteen of these were built in two groups, one group of which included crew dormitory space on the lower level."Great Dome" full- length cars built by the Budd Company in 1. Great Northern Railway for its Empire Builder train.[3]: 1. Six of these were built; one of them was actually owned by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, over which the train operated between Chicago and the Twin Cities. At least one, Great Northern car number 1. Ocean View, survived to be transferred to Amtrak ownership.[4][5]"Pleasure Dome" short dome cars built by Pullman- Standard in 1. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for its Super Chief train.[6] The six cars had both lounge and dining facilities, including the unique "Turquoise Room", a small dining area identified by the turquoise Native American medallion displayed on one of the room's walls.[7][8]"Vista Dome" short dome cars built by the Budd Company for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy for its Zephyr passenger trains. Examples included two dome- parlor- observations built in 1. Twin Zephyrs; six dome- buffet- lounges and six dome- sleeper- observations built in 1. California Zephyr; [9][1. Kansas City Zephyr; and two dome- buffet- lounges and two dome- parlor- observations built in 1. Denver Zephyr. The California Zephyr cars included those built for the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Western Pacific, which were partners with the CB& Q on the train's route between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay area."Vista Dome" short dome cars built for the Wabash Railroad. The Budd Company built a dome- parlor- observation in 1. Blue Bird; Pullman- Standard built a dome- parlor for the same train in 1. A post card showing the interior of an Astra Dome car in the 1. Astra Dome" short dome cars built by American Car & Foundry in 1. Union Pacific Railroad and operated on the City of Los Angeles, City of Portland and other UP passenger trains. The railroad purchased 1. Skyline" dome- coach- buffet- lounges and "Park" dome- sleeper- observations built by the Budd Company in 1. Canadian Pacific Railway. The CPR purchased 1. Canadian and Dominion passenger trains."Stairway to the Stars" cars constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad[1. Daylight passenger trains.[1.
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