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Nostalgia & History > Dome potpourriDate: 03/06/15 04:57 Dome potpourri Author: mp51w 1.)Missouri Pacific dome (photo by John Mills)
2.)Amtrak 70's era dome-Classic disco era colors 3.)Southern(ex-Wabash)dome-This was the nicest dome I ever rode IMHO. Date: 03/06/15 05:26 Re: Dome potpourri Author: BuddPullman Very nice.
Interesting how the MP did not opt for Budd to install lensware in the ceiling lights but instead used flat glass. Date: 03/06/15 08:17 Re: Dome potpourri Author: santafedan I know that it is raining in photo 3. It always amazes me that folks will go up in a dome and read.
Date: 03/06/15 08:30 Re: Dome potpourri Author: mcfflyer santafedan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I know that it is raining in photo 3. It always > amazes me that folks will go up in a dome and > read. santafedan, that's something I always wondered too. But something even worse - going up into the dome to sleep!! Lee Hower - Sacramento Date: 03/06/15 09:19 Re: Dome potpourri Author: mp51w mp51w Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 1.)Missouri Pacific dome (photo by John Mills) > 2.)Amtrak 70's era dome-Classic disco era colors > 3.)Southern(ex-Wabash)dome-This was the nicest > dome I ever rode IMHO. Here is the back coach section of the Southern dome. The etched mirror glass was a nice touch. Date: 03/06/15 10:32 Re: Dome potpourri Author: march_hare Funny you should mention the Southern's dome. My principal memory from my one ride in one (on the Crescent, just before the AMT takeover in 1979) was how bad the forward visibility was. I basically needed a booster seat to see forward. I'm not exactly a basketball star, but at 5 ft 10" I found that very frustrating.
I later found out that this was a systemic thing--ACF domes required that you be taller than the Budd domes I'd been in elsewhere in order to see forward. Date: 03/06/15 18:44 Re: Dome potpourri Author: mp51w Yeah, you have a point there about the ACF domes. I just remember this car being so darn pretty inside. IDK, maybe it was the headrest covers. LOL!
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