RAILROADS: Pleasure Domes

To give its passengers a full dose of scenery on runs between Chicago, Minneapolis and Seattle, the Milwaukee Road will put into service ten 68-passenger Super Dome lounge cars on Jan. 1. The double-decker coaches, which were displayed this week, were built by Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co. for $3,200,000. Each has more than three times as much glass-top viewing area (625 sq. ft.) as the older dome cars. On the lower level of each car there is a 28-person dining and lounge section.

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