The 1948-built "Silver Solarium" cools its brake shoes on the rear of the northbound Coast Starlight as the famed, west coast long-distance passenger train calls on San Luis Obispo. The ... (more)
Cooling their brake shoes during the Coast Starlight's brief stop in Simi Valley, the iconic trio of CB&Q California Zephyr private cars look sharp as their stainless steel fluting catches the set... (more)
With the last glimmers of sunlight disappearing to the west, the famous trio of the Silver Lariat, Silver Rapids and Silver Solarium ride the rear of the southbound Coast Starlight - now just one ... (more)
It's a warm afternoon in San Luis Obispo as lucky passengers aboard the ex-California Zephyr dome cars "Silver Lariat" and "Silver Solarium" take up a chance to stretch their l... (more)
Bringing up the markers of today's northbound Coast Starlight, the private passenger cars "Silver Lariat" and "Silver Solarium" of CB&Q heritage show the stark contrast between the tracks they're ... (more)
The Silver Solarium brings up the tail end of the SP 4449's excursion to Bend, Oregon.
Although the Silver Solarium observation dome and Silver Lariat dome car are far from the beaten path of the Califormia Zephyr route, both cars looked really nice with the Amtrak super dome car as... (more)
A silver tail brings up the end of the coast starlight. These former California Zephyr cars have been spared from the scuppers torch and are available to charter.
Stainless steel silver solarium
A former California Zephyr vista dome, along with other classic railcars make up the tail end of todays northbound starlight
California Zephyr Silver Solarium private car brings up the end of Amtrak's california zephyr
On this date, a vintage California Zephyr car brought up the rear of the train as a snow cloud moved above. The westbound "Silver Solarium" was originally owned by the CB&Q.
