Big Dome

Big Dome
Ex-ATSF Big Domes on the Auto-Train in 1973
The lounge area of a Big Dome in 1954
In service1954–1981
ManufacturerBudd Company
Constructed1954
Number built14
Fleet numbers506–513; 550–555 (ATSF)
Capacity57 coach + 18 lounge (dome level)
OperatorsAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1954–1971)
Auto-Train Corporation (1971–1981)

The Big Domes were a fleet of streamlined dome cars built by the Budd Company for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") in 1954. Budd built a total of 14 cars in two batches. The Santa Fe operated all 14 on various streamlined trains until it conveyed its passenger trains to Amtrak in 1971. The Santa Fe retained one as a business car and sold the remaining 13 to the Auto-Train Corporation, which operated them for another ten years. All but two have been preserved in varying condition.


Big Dome

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