Brass Sides - Union Pacific -- ACF Dome Observation Lounges #9000 - 9014 As-Built

Photo-etched brass sides for streamlined passenger cars. Window openings and grab iron holes are etched through, with additional etched details on the surface. Sides are undecorated and can be used with the Kato 85' Dome Coach, sold separately. Comes with instructions. In 1955-58, the Union Pacific received a total of 40 dome coaches, lounges and diners for its "City of Los Angeles" (COLA), "City of Portland" (COP), "City of St. Louis," and "Challenger" streamliners, thereafter known as "Domeliners." In 1956, the dome lounges were modified for mid-train use, and were generally positioned just ahead of the dome diner on the COLA and COP. These ACF-designed dome cars were the only ones to rival the aesthetics of the Budd dome cars operated by the CB&Q, NP, GN, DRGW and WP in the West. The cars did not operate over the Southern Pacific between Ogden and Oakland, and only briefly ran over the CNW before the UP switched to the Milwaukee Road for its Omaha-Chicago routing