Its in White's Books, in several dome books, and other
places. There is a Westwood kit that can be made into a good
representation (assuming you can find it - it is usually one of the
more expensive variants).
But, yeah, it's always seen as a dome progenitor, but something of an
evolutionary dead end.
At 02:50 AM 7/24/2010, you wrote:
>Bob
>
>I couldn't recollect seeing any reference to this car in previous
>discussions.
>
>Regards
>
>Rupert
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> > Rupert, this has always been referenced when the origin of domes is
> > brought about. As are open observation cars, caboose copulas, and
> > some other never-repeated concepts. But the real source of the
> > modern dome is the cab of a F-unit. Without that, nothing else
> > would have come to pass for years, if at all.
> >
> >
> > At 07:43 PM 7/23/2010, you wrote:
> >>There was a discussion a while back about the origins of dome cars.
> >>I've found a photo in the 1903 Railway & Locomotive Engineer
> >>showing a new Canadian Pacific observation car with a dome at each
> >>end, and a parlor area between the domes. Perhaps that was where the
> >>idea came from!
> >>
> >>Rupert Gamlen
> >>Auckland NZ
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