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Owner: Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   SILVER DOME, 1945 home-rebuilt pattern dome, 24 seat dome-34 seat chair, ex-52 seat chair SILVER ALCHEMY, Budd, Lot #96119, 1940, general service pool, to BN #3481 [not applied]/AMTK #9401/Mad River & Nickel Plate

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CB&Q 4714 SILVER DOME
Title:  CB&Q 4714 SILVER DOME
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4714, named SILVER DOME, on July 27, 1945, location unknown ( identified by a viewer as Ottumwa, Iowa ), photograph by CB&Q, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 4714 was built by Budd on Job 96119, one of three coaches ordered in February 1940, delivered in June 1940. Number 4714 was a 52 seat coach named SILVER ALCHEMY. During 1945, 4714 was rebuilt at the Aurora shops becoming the first modern vista-dome car and was re-named SILVER DOME.
Photo Date:  7/27/1945  Upload Date: 5/15/2018 5:22:28 PM
Location:  Ottumwa, IA
Author:  CB&Q
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q 4714 SILVER DOME
Title:  CB&Q 4714 SILVER DOME
Description:  Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad 4714,!named SILVER DOME, on June 6, 1945, location unknown ( but likely Burlington, Iowa ), photo graph by CB&Q, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 4714 was built by Budd on Job 96119, one of three coaches ordered in February 1940, deliveed in June 1940. Number 4714 was a 52 seat coach named SILVER ALCHEMY. During 1945, 4714 wcs rebuilt at the Aurora shops becoming the first modern vista-dome car and was re-named SILVER DOME.
Photo Date:  8/13/1947  Upload Date: 8/13/1947 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Burlington, IA
Author:  CB&Q
Categories:  RollingStock
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The First Dome Car -- Home Made "Silver Dome"
Title:  The First Dome Car -- Home Made "Silver Dome"
Description:  Rebuilt from flat-top coach Silver Alchemy in 1945. Distingushing features are that the dome has flat windows and lower level is not depressed in center.
Photo Date:  6/9/1964  Upload Date: 10/17/2008 1:57:23 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  RollingStock
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CB&Q Dome Coach 4714 "Silver Dome"
Title:  CB&Q Dome Coach 4714 "Silver Dome"
Description:  Taken by an unknown photographer.
Photo Date:  9/21/1968  Upload Date: 12/10/2022 8:20:59 PM
Location:  Red Oak, IA
Author:  Unknown
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090214009 "Night Trains" at TCMRM Bandana Square
Title:  090214009 "Night Trains" at TCMRM Bandana Square
Description:  Twin City Model Railroad Museum http://www.tcmrm.org/ Note also O-scale Twin Zephyr in depot and kitbashed model of Burlington's prototype dome "Sliver Dome" in foreground.
Photo Date:  2/14/2009  Upload Date: 2/15/2009 10:36:17 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  John Hill
Categories:  Model,Night
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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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Views:  265   Comments: 0
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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Views:  235   Comments: 0
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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Views:  216   Comments: 0
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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Views:  257   Comments: 0
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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Views:  220   Comments: 0
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:  203   Comments: 0
CBQ #4714
Title:  CBQ #4714
Description:  The Silver Dome.
Photo Date:  9/2/2013  Upload Date: 5/6/2014 12:41:21 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  136   Comments: 0
Passenger Coaches
Title:  Passenger Coaches
Description:  Displayed inside.
Photo Date:  8/16/2015  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 7:08:32 PM
Location:  Bellevue, OH
Author:  Nicholas Katz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Track
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Views:  467   Comments: 0


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