I have ridden in the front seat of a dome quite a few times without
incident (other than looking ahead once and seeing a headlight on our
track -- and then noticing we were switching to the other track).
I can confirm that domes on the DZ ran vestibule and dome stairs to
rear with seats facing forward.
sjl
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, jsteamernubes@a... wrote:
> When the IC plated over the front windows of the domes, they did it
because
> they were afraid of the frontal impact of any object shattering the
glass and
> injuring dome passengers. Southern Pacific had the same fears,
which is why
> they did not have domes on the City of San Francisco, and why their
own
> homebuilt domes had minimum front exposure. They were especially
worried about what
> things falling from tunnel ceilings would do to a dome car. JN
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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