Question on the Origin of the Cape Cod RR Dome Car - Empire Builder / GN?

For more info, use "Great Northern Empire Builder Prairie View" for the search term.

I owned a little history of this car at one time. I bought it from a guy that just wanted a wooden box laying in a dumpster. It was outside the old Great Northern headquarters. He took the box home and found a O scale hand made Great Northern Full Dome car. From the labels on the box it was shipped to different stations to show folks what this new car was going to look like. It's crude by todays standards. I think the metal trucks were Walthers. Kind of sorry I sold it now. Don

Yes, this car is the GN Great Dome Lounge “Prairie View”, which entered service on the Empire Builder in 1955.

Don, I saw another of those O scale Great Dome models at the GNRHS convention in Bellingham, WA in 2018. Apparently they were promotional displays for GN’s ticket offices in major cities. The one I saw had been repainted to Big Sky Blue. FYI

Thank you gentlemen for the info and the link.  Really a pretty car. I think I see one in my future.

Paul

Paul, more interesting info and photos on the GN EB great domes are here; just scroll through a couple of articles.

ScaleRail, what an incredibly cool item.  Thanks for the photos.