{"product_id":"rapido-175006-ho-scale-southern-pacific-dome-lounge-cars-with-fluted-sides-overland-scheme-interior-lighting","title":"Rapido 175006 HO Scale - Southern Pacific Dome Lounge Cars with Fluted Sides General Service (Interior Lighting)  #3603","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Pictures are representations, exact road numbers may not be shown.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSP built one prototype and six production Dome Lounge cars between 1954 and 1955. All were built new in the railroad’s Sacramento General Shops, using select frame pieces from various retired Pullman-Standard pre-war “Daylight” cars. The Budd Company supplied the dome structure as a kit. Essentially, these cars were new construction using salvaged frame pieces for accounting purposes. Another reason for using retired cars was that SP’s foundry couldn’t roll a long enough center sill and no one could supply one quickly enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePressed into service on the San Joaquin and Shasta Daylights and the Overland and later in the 60s on the consolidated City of San Francisco and the Coast Daylight. Built with fluted side panels, the cars were modified by the SP with slab sides in the 1960s with some of the fleet later operating for Amtrak on a variety of routes through the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese cars were introduced into service on the San Joaquin and Shasta Daylights and the Overland, but they later saw wider service. Originally built with fluted side panels, the cars were modified by the SP with slab sides in the 1960s. At least four of these cars lasted into the Amtrak era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interiors of the cars featured a bar\/lounge on the lower level and one of two different configurations of seating on the upper level. In part because of the varied origins of the donor cars, underbody configurations also changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRapido’s development crew includes a team of firsthand SP Dome Lounge experts, authors, and an actual car owner, providing hands-on research and deep personal experience with the cars since new. The model has been fully designed and includes two different interiors, two underbody arrangements, and either fluted or stepped flat sides!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRapido’s SP Dome Lounge Cars Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigned from original blueprints and field measurements of existing cars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo fully detailed interior configurations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMulti-colour interior decoration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo underbody arrangements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccurate interior and exterior paint and decoration\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull flicker-free track-powered interior lighting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLighting (prototypically) in the dome roof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccurate free-rolling trucks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMetal magnetic knuckle couplers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rapido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54483531661587,"sku":"RAP175006","price":146.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9283\/4323\/files\/Rapido175006.png?v=1784827053","url":"https:\/\/southeasthobbies.com\/products\/rapido-175006-ho-scale-southern-pacific-dome-lounge-cars-with-fluted-sides-overland-scheme-interior-lighting","provider":"SoutheastHobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}