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Viewing Album:  CBQ 4714, The First Dome Car
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:10/22/2009 - 10/22/2009
Album Info:Tucked safely away in one of the Mad River and NKP Railroad Museum buildings in Bellevue, OH is the first dome car built from scratch by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR. According to Wikipedia, "The CB&Q took a stainless steel Budd-built coach and rebuilt it at their shops in Aurora, Illinois, with the Vista Dome imagined and sketched by Cyrus Osborn. The dome area featured seats that were positioned lengthwise in the cabin facing double-pane windows which were designed to improve insulation. This first Vista Dome was called appropriately, Silver Dome. On July 23, 1945, the car was tested in the consist of the Twin Cities Zephyr."
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CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Title:  CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Description:  The squarish, riveted corners and flat tinted windows marks it as the first homemade dome car, "Silver Dome".
Photo Date:  10/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:56:19 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Title:  CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Description:  Lower passenger area in the Silver Dome
Photo Date:  10/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:57:59 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Title:  CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Description:  Lower passageway of the Silver Dome
Photo Date:  10/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:58:07 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Title:  CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Description:  Dome area, note the tinted, flat glass panels.
Photo Date:  10/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:58:34 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Title:  CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Description:  Dome area, note the tinted, flat glass panels.
Photo Date:  10/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:58:39 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Title:  CBQ 4714, "Silver Dome", the first modern dome car
Description:  Dome area, note the tinted, flat glass panels.
Photo Date:  10/22/2009  Upload Date: 5/13/2011 8:58:42 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  205   Comments: 0

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