City of Portland (train)
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The City of Portland was a named passenger train on the Union Pacific Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon. The first trip left Portland on June 6, 1935, using the streamlined M-10
1939 postcard showing 1935-37 trainset.
The train headed by an EMD E6A locomotive
The train along the Columbia circa 1955
Dome dining car upper level
Dome car
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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,
City of Portland (train)
…while the City of Portland did not enter Utah. In addition to baggage, coach, and sleeping cars, about 1955 the City of Portland added an Astra Dome dome coach, dome observation lounge and dome dining car to each consist. The dome dining cars were unique to Union Pacific and were only operated on this…
Former California Zephyr Silver Bridle dome car in excursion train service with the defunct Inland Lakes Railway in Plymouth, Florida
The upper-level interior of a dome car, configured as a dining area, on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin
An excursion train pulled by Milwaukee Road 261 with a full-length Super Dome car in 2008