There was also a safety reason for the stairs being in the rear...if
the train wnet into emergency when someone was ascending or
descending the stairs, they would fall forward into the steps instead
of falling out onto the floor.
Dave
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, cy svobodny <ctsvobodny@y...> wrote:
> I believe stairs to the rear was standard. That
> advoided people blocking the view of seated dome
> passengers by coming up the steps in front of them,
> also no light distraction during evening or night dome
> riding.
> --- "Stephen J. Levine" <sjl@p...> wrote:
> > 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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