This is a seldom-seen-scene these days.
The view is the Chicago skyline as seen from a traditional single-level compatible vista- dome car on the Capitol Limited, from back in the mid-1980’s. This style of dome, with almost full view all around and overhead, continued in service on the “Cap” until Superliner II cars entered service in 1994. That enabled their retirement, in favor of the more modern Superliner II “Sightseer Lounges” – bilevel cars with side windows, and curved windows which went part way up into the roof.
(And enabled some of the old ones to enter short-line (and private) ownership.
Yours truly was fortunate enough to have been on the next-to-the-last run of the “Cap” with this type of dome equipment. It was quite a sight to sit up here and watch the block signals ahead change from green to red as the train entered each block.
Can’t do that with a Superliner Sightseer Lounge:
This was from a trip in the winter of 2007.
Mandy
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