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Owner: BNSF Railway
Old Name: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Type: Passenger Car
AAR Class: PA: Car equipped to handle passengers.
AAR Type: M500
Detail Info:   Misc Cars
User Notes:   #30 GLACIER VIEW, Great Dome (Full Dome Lounge-Inspection Theater), 1955 EMPIRE BUILDER, Budd, ex-BNA #24, exx-AMTK #9360, exxx-BN #1390, nee-GN #1390

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GN #1390 GLACIER VIEW
Title:  GN #1390 GLACIER VIEW
Description:  RE-UPLOAD due to missing file. Dome lounge, Budd, Lot #9679-155, 1955, EMPIRE BUILDER, to Amtrak #9360, retired in 1981 and traded in 1983 to BN as BNA #24, now BNSF #30/#800075. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Ektachrome 35mm slide. Date is approximate. Photographer is unknown.
Photo Date:  8/1/1971  Upload Date: 12/25/2024 10:55:41 PM
Location:  Havre, MT
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Passenger
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BN #A24 GLACIER VIEW
Title:  BN #A24 GLACIER VIEW
Description:  BN full dome lounge-track inspection theater #A24/#800075 GLACIER VIEW. Built by Budd in 1955 in Lot #9679-155 as GN #1390 GLACIER VIEW, with 57 chair seats and 18 lounge seats in the dome and 34 seats in the lower level club lounge. It was sold to Amtrak in 1971 as #9360, was retired in April 1981 and was then traded to BN for 3 ex-NP baggage cars as #A24 GLACIER VIEW, now BNSF #30. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide.
Photo Date:  5/15/1993  Upload Date: 11/28/2016 10:23:36 PM
Location:  North Kansas City, MO
Author:  John C. Benson
Categories:  Passenger
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BNSF #30 GLACIER VIEW
Title:  BNSF #30 GLACIER VIEW
Description:  Built in 1955 by Budd in Lot #9679-155 as GN full dome lounge #1390 GLACIER VIEW, 1 of 6 such domes (#1390-#1395) built in that Lot for the 1955 EMPIRE BUILDER, which was ordered in February 1954; cars were delivered between August and Octobev 1955. These Great Domes, in GN parlance, had 57 chairs and 18 lounge seats in the dome with a 34 seat club lounge on the lower level; one of the chairs was later removed to make room for a radio & tape cabinet. #1390-#1394 were owned by GN and #1395 was owned by CB&Q. In 1971, Amtrak acquired these 6 domes as #9360-#9365, the #1390 as #9360. The #9360 was retired in April 1981 and traded to BN in 1983 as #A24, with the addition oa a track inspection theater. For more info, see Phil Dohmen's website: http://www.trainweb.org/web_lurker/GNf/ and W. David Randall's "Streamliner Cars Volume 2". Photographed from the SB #11 COAST STARLIGHT. EXIF: 9:46 AM, f/4 @ 1/180
Photo Date:  8/5/2012  Upload Date: 10/27/2014 5:13:17 PM
Location:  Seattle, WA
Author:  Ted Brumberg
Categories:  Passenger
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BNSF 800075
Title:  BNSF 800075
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Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/23/2018 5:27:22 PM
Location:  Fullerton, CA
Author:  Jonathan Camacho
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