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A dome car is a type of railway passenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in all directions around the train. It also can include features of a coach, lounge car, dining car, sleeping car or observation. Beginning in 1945, dome cars were primarily used in the United States and Canada, though a small number were constructed in Europe for Trans Europ Express service, and similar panorama cars are in service on Alpine tourist railways like the Bernina Express.

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  • A dome car is a type of railway passenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in all directions around the train. It also can include features of a coach, lounge car, dining car, sleeping car or observation. Beginning in 1945, dome cars were primarily used in the United States and Canada, though a small number were constructed in Europe for Trans Europ Express service, and similar panorama cars are in service on Alpine tourist railways like the Bernina Express. In North America, dome cars were manufactured by the Budd Company, Pullman Standard and American Car & Foundry. Southern Pacific Railroad built its own dome cars in its Sacramento, California, shops. In the 1990s Colorado Railcar began producing dome cars. Generally, seats in the dome were considered "non-revenue" like lounge car seats. (en)
  • Une voiture-dôme (ou Vista-dome aux États-Unis), est un type particulier de voiture panoramique, équipée d'un dôme vitré saillant sur le toit.Ce dôme permet une vue dégagée sur 2π stéradians (sur l'hémisphère supérieure). Ces voitures, présentes à partir de 1949 à bord du California Zephyr Chicago-San Francisco, ont été intégrées dans de nombreux trains américains au cours des années 1950 et 1960. En France, à partir de 1959, le Cévenol Vichy-Clermont-Ferrand-Marseille via Nîmes, mais aussi les trains Grenoble-Marseille et Digne par la ligne des Alpes, ainsi que certaines liaisons Marseille-Nice-Vintimille, puis Marseille-Avignon par la ligne de la Côte bleue, ont été assurés par des autorails panoramiques de Renault comportant un dôme en 1ère classe. Les Chemins de fer allemands ont également introduit, en 1961, une voiture-dôme de 1re classe à bord des trains Rheinpfeil et Rheingold reliant Pays-Bas et Allemagne du Nord à la Bavière et à la Suisse, via la vallée du Rhin. En France et en Allemagne, ce matériel n'est plus utilisé régulièrement de nos jours. (fr)
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  • A dome car is a type of railway passenger car that has a glass dome on the top of the car where passengers can ride and see in all directions around the train. It also can include features of a coach, lounge car, dining car, sleeping car or observation. Beginning in 1945, dome cars were primarily used in the United States and Canada, though a small number were constructed in Europe for Trans Europ Express service, and similar panorama cars are in service on Alpine tourist railways like the Bernina Express. (en)
  • Une voiture-dôme (ou Vista-dome aux États-Unis), est un type particulier de voiture panoramique, équipée d'un dôme vitré saillant sur le toit.Ce dôme permet une vue dégagée sur 2π stéradians (sur l'hémisphère supérieure). En France et en Allemagne, ce matériel n'est plus utilisé régulièrement de nos jours. (fr)
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  • Dome car (en)
  • Voiture-dôme (fr)
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