Any Atlas-O CZ Domed Observation Sightings Yet?

Well,it looks like I am in luck,Beth just has to ship mine within the Golden State to me.

Mikey

I saw it up close st the WGHS in Edison. Nj last month . It looked really good!

just received my email from high country hobbies, can't wait to see my amtrak version.

I'll be picking up my Amtrak at York

Merlyn has them in stock in Iowa

Hmm... could someone provide a link to a Hobby shop that has them in stock?

Thanks

Call caboose stop hobbies in cedar falls Iowa

319-277-1754

Try Caboose Stop Hobbies in Ceder Falls, Iowa   1-800-642-7012

I pick mine up tonight

I got mine from High Country Hobbies.

 

www.highcountryhobbies.com

 

 

Thanks guys, still cannot find the CB&Q version yet, are the Amtrak versions first out of the chute?

Try Beth at Public Delivery,she is also a Forum sponsor,I buy all my Atlas from her.

Mikey

Norm also has them already

Whew! just got mine, called 4 hobby shops and they where SOLD out!

They are going like hot cakes guys. So if you see 'em grab 'em!

Dave from High Country Hobbies in Alabama was super and very good on price.

(334) 489 - 4558

 

Talk about your "run on the bank"!

 

Oh man, I feel better now.... Thanks for the heads up and the leads guys.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not into 3-rail, but if I was, I'd have to have one of these, as I've ridden in this one behind 4449 at Amtrak speeds between Portland and Tacoma:

 

 

And I rode in this car over both Stevens and Stampede passes:

 

 

Reportedly this was the line outside caboose stop hobbies in cedar falls Iowa last night awaiting the cars going on sale this morning.

I see a few Amtrak versions on eBay already.

 

I pre-ordered the California Zephyr's WP Silver Crescent model just after the October 2013 York when Atlas-O made the preview "coming soon" announcement.  Time flies when we're having fun, doesn't it... now almost 18 months later!!!   

 

David

I called one hobby shop and he just sold all his extra stock to another hobby shop for a profit.... its getting crazy out there again....

WOW.

Again, I have no use for this (I have a small, narrow-gauge layout that takes places long before these were built) but it sure looks great!

How many different versions, i.e. names, do these dome observations come in? Besides CB&Q and Amtrak, are there also the two other railroads (D&RGW & WP)?

Yes the WP as Silver Crescent, and the D&RGW as Silver Sky.  

 

David

I was hoping for the Silver Solarium since my dad an uncle rented it when I was a kid for a trip to Colorado. Goes down in history as one of the Makens Family's most memorable vacations. Coulda made a movie "National Lampoons Train Trip" Still get great laughs from all those stories

I'm on the West Coast myself and have seen and ridden on the cars owned by that owner a few times. I've seen all of them behind the Amtrak Starlight on several occasions passing through where I live.

I've never understood why when a model train company makes a model of something that exists and is hauling people around, why they don't offer an option for that exact loco or car?

If I modeled three-rail at all and they made that as the Silver Solarium, I'd have given far more thought to buying one.

Thanks. I wonder why Atlas didn't offer the car that is now privately owned and gets added on the rear of many an Amtrak train, especially out west. The 4449 trip from Portland, OR to the Train Festival in Owosso, MI, had all three of those former CZ privately owned cars, on the rear of the train.

Nice car!

Thanks for sharing the fun!

Enjoy

Matt, thanks for sharing the photos!

Ill take some better photos with a real camera when I get home but for now the phone will have to do

I agree. Especially since there are THREE original CZ cars now part of Rail Journeys West private tours, i.e. dome observation "Silver Solarium", dome lounge "Silver Lariat" and a full sleeper (couldn't find the name of this car, but it is the only full sleeper remaining from the CZ). Had Atlas made the "Silver Solarium", I would have purchased a model also.

Please take a pic with the drum lit. I'll have to wait a few more days due to international shipping 😭

You can bet that sometime in the future Atlas will have another run of this most popular car and add more rd names if demand warrants it.

Well, I ordered a unlettered dome obs car to make into a Silver Solarium, I hope I get it

According to the Atlas-O product announcement for the domed observation car, it appears that they did offer the "Silver Solarium" (albeit in the Amtrak livery) along with an Amtrak "Silver Horizon" -- assuming Atlas-O actually produced both Amtrak observation cars as announced.

 

I can see though where some folks might want a CZ/CB&Q-decorated "Silver Solarium" per the original prototype.  And for now, ordering the unlettered dome car would have been the quickest way to achieve that.  I wonder how many unlettered observation cars were even produced?

 

David

Don't forget VIA Rail still has cars like that in service. 

Folks,

 

Was just browsing one of my favorite train dealers -- M.B. Klein -- and I happened to notice that they have some of these cars left, including the Amtrak Silver Solarium and Silver Horizon cars. 

 

I'm not in the game for these and am not familiar with the pricing but Klein's always has competitive prices.

That is good news. I can see these cars vanishing very quickly, they are the jewel of the whole set. 

let's see that drum!

 

The lit drum head looks awesome and the the center marker light flashes. Super awesome