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Burlington Route Passenger Trains Vol 2 by John F Strauss Hard Cover
Burlington Route Passenger Trains Volume Two John F. Strauss Jr.
Burlington Route Passenger Trains
Volume Two
Vista Domes and Slumbercoaches
Hard Cover
168 Pages
Copyright 2008
Contents
Dedication 3
Acknowledgements 4
Selected Bibliography 4
Introduction 6
Dome Era Emerges: 1947-1952 12
Vista Dome Twin Zephyrs
Nebraska Zephyr
ista Dome California Zephyr and Coloradoan
Postwar Empire Builder and Oriental Limited
Mid-Century Empire Builder and Western Star
North Coast Limited
Black Hawk and Mainstreeter
New Zephyrs and More Domes: 1953-1959 69
Vista Dome American Royal Zephyr
Vista Dome Kansas City Zephyr
Vista Dome Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr
Vista Dome Denver Zephyr
Texas Zephyr and Sam Houston Zephyr
Great Dome Empire Builder
Vista Dome North Coast Limited
Black Hawk-Mainstreeter-Western Star
Appendix
A: St. Paul Union Depot: 1948 Lineup 148
B: Burlington, Iowa: April 1949 Lineup 149
C: Savanna, Illinois: Summer 1950 Lineup 150
D: Galesburg: Summer 1959 Lineup 152
E: St. Paul Union Depot: Summer 1959 Lineup 153
F: 1959 Line Assignments 154
G: Dome Car Roster 158
H. Vista Dome Denver Zephyr: Inaugural Brochure 162
The Aurora Car Shops built the nation's first stainless-steel Vista Dome Chair Car, and the Burlington placed it in experimental service on July 23, 1945, in the northbound Afternoon Zephyr's consist from Chicago to Minneapolis. It was primarily assigned to the Twin Zephyrs, but it appeared in the consists of several of the other Zephyrs, the Exposition Flyer, and other passenger trains throughout the system. During various trips in the Exposition Flyer's consist, this innovative car traveled through between Chicago and Oakland, giving its passengers unrivaled daytime views of the Rocky Mountains and the Feather River Canyon. This car, which had been built originally as the SILVER ALCHEMY, was renamed SILVER DOME after the Aurora Shops had rebuilt it into this Vista Dome Chair Car. Another stainless-steel chair car was rebuilt during 1948 as a Vista Dome Chair Car by the Aurora Shops, but it retained its original name, SILVER CASTLE. This second dome car was rebuilt, when it became apparent that the Vista Dome Concept was much more popular with the traveling public than at first anticipated. The Burlington decided to rebuild this car, even though it had already had the Budd-built Vista Dome Twin Zephyrs in service. It was considerably more economical than it would have been to purchased a new Vista Dome Chair Car from the Budd Car Company.
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