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Super Dome (railcar), the Glossary

Index Super Dome (railcar)

The Super Dome was a Dome car built by Pullman-Standard for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") in 1952.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Air conditioning, Amtrak, Aurora, Illinois, Auto Train, Beaver Tail (railcar), Bogie, Budd Company, California Zephyr, Canadian National Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, City of Denver (train), Coast Starlight, Dome car, General Steel Industries, Heritage railway, Milwaukee Road, Milwaukee Road 261, Napa Valley Wine Train, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Olympian Hiawatha, Piedmont (train), Pullman Company, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, San Francisco Zephyr, Skytop Lounge, Star-News, Super Continental, Twin Cities Hiawatha, Twin Zephyr, Union Pacific Railroad, Via Rail, Winona, Minnesota.

  2. Pullman Company
  3. Railway coaches of Canada
  4. Train-related introductions in 1952

Air conditioning

Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Aurora, Illinois

Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States.

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Auto Train

Auto Train is an scheduled daily train service for passengers and their automobiles operated by Amtrak between Lorton, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.), and Sanford, Florida (near Orlando).

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Beaver Tail (railcar)

The Beaver Tails were a fleet of streamlined parlor-observation passenger cars built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road") between 1934–1938. Super Dome (railcar) and Beaver Tail (railcar) are rail passenger cars of the United States.

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Bogie

A bogie (or truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.

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Budd Company

The Budd Company was a 20th-century metal fabricator, a major supplier of body components to the automobile industry, and a manufacturer of stainless steel passenger rail cars, airframes, missile and space vehicles, and various defense products.

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California Zephyr

The California Zephyr is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area (at Emeryville), via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno.

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Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.

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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States.

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City of Denver (train)

The City of Denver was a streamlined passenger train operated by the Union Pacific Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado.

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Coast Starlight

The Coast Starlight is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States between Seattle and Los Angeles via Portland and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Dome car

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.

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General Steel Industries

General Steel Industries, Inc. (GSI) was an American steel company founded as General Steel Castings Corporation in 1928.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Milwaukee Road

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St.

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Milwaukee Road 261

Milwaukee Road 261 is a class "S3" 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in Schenectady, New York in July 1944 for the Milwaukee Road.

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Napa Valley Wine Train

The Napa Valley Wine Train is a privately operated excursion train that runs between Napa and St. Helena, California.

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North Carolina Department of Transportation

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is responsible for building, repairing, and operating highways, bridges, and other modes of transportation, including ferries in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Olympian Hiawatha

The Olympian and its successor the Olympian Hiawatha were passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest.

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Piedmont (train)

The Piedmont (also known as the Piedmont Service) is a regional passenger train operated by Amtrak and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), running four round trips daily between Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Pullman Company

The Pullman Company, founded by George Pullman, was a manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States.

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Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad

The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad, sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania.

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San Francisco Zephyr

The San Francisco Zephyr was an Amtrak passenger train that ran between Chicago and Oakland from June 1972 to July 1983.

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Skytop Lounge

The Skytop Lounges were a fleet of streamlined passenger cars with parlor-lounge cars built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road") and sleeper-lounges built by Pullman-Standard in 1948. Super Dome (railcar) and Skytop Lounge are Pullman Company, rail passenger cars of the United States and railway coaches of Canada.

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Star-News

StarNews is an American, English language daily newspaper for Wilmington, North Carolina, and its surrounding area (known as the Lower Cape Fear).

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Super Continental

The Super Continental was a transcontinental Canadian passenger train operated by the Canadian National Railway from 1955 until 1977, when Via Rail took over the train and ran it until it was cancelled in 1981.

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Twin Cities Hiawatha

The Twin Cities Hiawatha, often just Hiawatha, was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the Milwaukee Road), and traveled from Chicago to the Twin Cities.

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Twin Zephyr

The Twin Zephyrs, also known as the Twin Cities Zephyrs, were a pair of streamlined passenger trains on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), running between Chicago and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota.

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Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans.

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Via Rail

Via Rail Canada Inc., operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada.

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Winona, Minnesota

Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

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See also

Pullman Company

Railway coaches of Canada

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Dome_(railcar)

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