![]() The concept of a glass " dome car" was a product of luxury streamlining in the 1940s and 50s in the United States. The Ultra Dome cars are "glass-domed, bilevel cars 89 feet (27 m) long and 18 feet (5.5 m) high, and seat up to 88 passengers". These cars are in use by American Orient Express, Princess Tours, Alaska Railroad, Rocky Mountaineer, and Holland America Line (formerly "Westours"). Models included the double-deck Ultra Dome railcar, the Single-Level Dome railcar, single and bilevel sleeping cars, entertainment cars, dining cars and custom cars. These cars were primarily marketed for "luxury daytour trains, to trans-continental sleeper trains, dinner trains, business cars for Class I railroads". Tourism coaches A Single-Level Dome on Via Rail's Canadian in 2012 Products Ĭolorado Railcar had two main product categories: ![]() US Railcar planned to resume production of Colorado Railcar products in a new manufacturing facility located in the Midwest (likely American Railcar’s plant in Paragould, Arkansas). A new company, US Railcar, was established, appointing Michael P. Fromm, acquired the Colorado Railcar DMU and remaining assets. In 2009, private investors affiliated with Value Recovery Group, Inc. The shut-down was at least partially caused by the State of Vermont's cancellation of a deal to buy several DMUs for the Vermonter train. On December 23, 2008, Colorado Railcar ceased operations, and creditors began dissolving the company after a "major liquidity problem". In 2008, it was announced that sometime in 2007 TriMet had to directly pay Colorado Railcar's suppliers in order to financially support the company. Rader and his company were featured in the PBS-aired documentary Dome Car Magic in 2006. Founded by Tom Rader in 1988, the company changed its name to Colorado Railcar in November 1997. The company was first organized as Rader Railcar. ![]() It shut down in 2008, with its assets being purchased by US Railcar. Both products came in single- and double-level versions. Colorado Railcar was a manufacturer of railroad rolling stock- railcars and diesel multiple unit commuter vehicles. ![]()
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