quote:Originally posted by yukon11: ....had a chance to enter the lounge car of the SP, with a 13 foot ceiling, above.
"Been there done that", Richard.
Incidentally, those cars were acquired by Amtrak and were assigned to the Zephyr. They, "quite conveniently", were the only Domes SP would accept anywhere on their system (whoops edit: they would also accept the ex B&O "--Dome" Sleepers), until an "Amended Agreement" operating contract with Amtrak was agreed to during 1974, and which called for self-indemnification.
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I, too, rode in the SP Dome. We took the San Joaquin Daylight one summer to Oakland and they were using that dome car. I think the tunnels going into San Francisco made it impossible to use on the Coast Daylight. It was pretty impressive to a 12 or 13 year old budding "foamer".
I think I've told the story before but on that trip we were supposed to ride the SP Ferry to San Francisco but we hit a truck somewhere in the Valley and I experienced my first "bustitution".
Frank in sunny but cool SBA
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That's a neat video. I had forgotten that Michael Gross is one of the few celebrity "foamers".
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And Richard Luckin is an expert on, among other things, railroad and airline china, glassware and silver. I met him once at an airline collectibles show. He's written several books and is a nice guy.
Frank in sunny and warm SBA
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A July 1968 ride San Luis-LA on the Coast Daylight found a 360X Dome in consist, but, alas, the food service was an Automat.
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