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Astra Dome
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pullman Company· from 1955· fleet of streamlined dome cars
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. City of Los Angeles Union Pacific Railroad dome lounge car 1955: Audio-Visual Designs, Earlton, NY; photographer: Bob Collins· Public domain
- 2. Union Pacific Railroad City of Portland Astra Dome dining car: Union Pacific Railroad· Public domain
- 3. Train of Tomorrow Astra Dome: General Motors Corporation· Public domain
- 4. Union Pacific Astra Dome diner upper level: Union Pacific Railroad· Public domain
- 5. Union Pacific Astra Dome: Union Pacific Railroad· Public domain
- 6. Union Pacific Domeliner Astra Dome lower level: Union Pacific Railroad· Public domain
- 7. Union Pacific Domeliner upper level Astra Dome: Union Pacific Railroad· Public domain
- 8. Union Pacific Railroad Astra Dome observation car: Union Pacific Railroad.· Public domain
- 9. Union Pacific Railroad City of Los Angeles Astra Dome dining car: Union Pacific Railroad· Public domain
what is it?
The Astra Domes were a fleet of streamlined dome cars built by the American Car and Foundry Company ("ACF") and later by Pullman-Standard ("PS") for the Union Pacific Railroad between 1954–1958. ACF built a total of 35 cars including coaches, dining cars, and observation cars, while PS built 5 for Union Pacific. After Union Pacific exited the passenger business in 1971 the Auto-Train Corporation purchased most of the fleet and operated them for an additional ten years.
who runs it
base stats
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1954–1981).
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1981
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pullman Company, American Car and Foundry Company
- operators
- Union Pacific Railroad, Wabash Railroad, Auto-Train Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 25.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16243188, Wikipedia: Astra Dome (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.