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Lets get things "rolling" with an ad from the New York Central. These cutaway/behind the scenes ads are always fun. The Century was The Twentieth Century Limited, the crack train of the NYC, in direct competition with Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited.

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Union Pacific Had diners in dome cars. No better place to eat!

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American Car and Foundry was one of the passenger car builders, along with Pullman-Standard and Budd.

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Ice was used to cool refrigerator cars until mechanical refrigeration took over. Trivia: I've read that iceberg lettuce got it's name because it was shipped in these ice cooled refrigerator cars from California.

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Budd was the other passenger car builder and known for their fluted stainless steel trains and domes. Their ads were simple, clean, and artistic.

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You can still ride the all-Budd "Canadian" with domes across Canada. Via Rail Canada still operates this train, which was inaugurated by the Canadian Pacific on April 24, 1955.

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To compete with CP's "Canadian" the Canadian National introduced "The Super Continental" on the same date as CP's "Canadian" although with smooth-side cars built by Canadian Car and Foundry and Pullman-Standard. It didn't have dome cars, either. Domes didn't appear on CN until they bought the Super Domes from the Milwaukee Road in c.1964.





Condolences to the Vine family.