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.
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
Dome observation car at the rear of Union Pacific's City of Portland passenger train
An excursion train pulled by Milwaukee Road 261 with a full-length Super Dome car in 2008
A passenger railroad car or passenger car, also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach, or passenger bogie is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers. The term passenger car can also be associated with a sleeping car, a baggage car, a dining car, railway post office and prisoner transport cars.
Superliner double-deck auto-train lounge car operated by Amtrak
Trenitalia passenger car UIC-Z1
A very small passenger car operated by ČSD
Restored clerestory cars on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin