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Single-Level Dome

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Colorado Railcar· from 1997· type of dome car with a single-level layout

Single-Level Dome, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

The Single-Level Dome, also known as the Panorama Dome, is a type of dome coach manufactured by Colorado Railcar for various operators between 1997–2007. They are similar in concept to the company's bilevel Ultra Domes.

who runs it

base stats

  • seats 76passengers
  • built 11made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 29 years ago, in 1997.
  • 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1997
in service from
1997
number built
11
kind
carriage / wagon
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Colorado Railcar
operators
Alaska Railroad Corporation, BC Rail, Via Rail
top speed
—
power
—
length
25.9 m
capacity
76 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q19877864, Wikipedia: Single-Level Dome (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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