| Built by the Budd Co. in 1955, it was originally Great Northern #1394,"Prairie View" full "great" dome car. The dome car had 46 "Day-Nita Sleepy Hollow" reclining seats on the main level divided by the dome section into an 18 seat forward section and a 28-seat rear section . All 46 seats on the main level wer e reserved and individually assigned in advance. The upstairs dome area had 24 lounge-typ e seats th at we re not reserved , but were designed for exceptional sight-seeing by the coach passeng ers. It moved over to the BN roster as BN 1394 in March of 1970. From there, it bounced to Holland America Westours for Alaska trips, then Alaska Rail Tours in 2004, and finally to Iowa Pacific/San Luis & Rio Grande in October of 2009. Current owner has yet to be determined since the demise of Iowa Pacific. |