Big Dome
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The Big Domes were a fleet of streamlined dome cars built by the Budd Company for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1954. Budd built a total of 14 cars in two batches. The Santa Fe operated
Ex-ATSF Big Domes on the Auto-Train in 1973
The lounge area of a Big Dome in 1954
Auto-Train Corporation
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Auto-Train Corporation, stylized auto-train, was a privately owned passenger railroad that operated from 1971 to 1981. Its trains included autorack cars, enabling passengers to bring their own vehicle
Big Dome
…streamlined trains until it conveyed its passenger trains to Amtrak in 1971. The Santa Fe retained one as a business car and sold the remaining 13 to the Auto-Train Corporation, which operated them for another ten years. All but two have been preserved in varying condition. The Santa Fe had previously ordered six "Pleasure…
Auto-Train 707, a "Maxi-Dome" coach, in 1978
Auto-Train 125, an autorack, in 1978