Rapido Trains 175009 HO Scale Dome Lounge Southern Pacific General Service SP 3603 NFC trickle-down a counterweighted cascade

trickle-down a counterweighted cascade

cab window deflectors

who removed the running board and end ladders along with adding additional end railings and the signature PC-style replacement smokejack

and a side wall built of 18’ lengths of lumber that were more expensive and harder to obtain than the lumber for double-sheathed cars

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Rapido Trains 175009 HO Scale Dome Lounge Southern Pacific General Service SP 3603 NFC trickle-down a counterweighted cascadeRapido Trains 175009 HO Scale Dome Lounge Southern Pacific General Service SP 3603 SP built one prototype and six production Dome Lounge cars between 1954 and 1955. All were built new in the railroads Sacramento General Shops, using select frame pieces from various retired Pullman Standard pre war Daylight cars. The Budd Company supplied the dome structure as a kit. Essentially, these cars were new construction using salvaged frame pieces for