Streamlined Stainless Steel Observation Car Awaiting Restoration
Streamlined stainless steel observation car from the Reading, ca.1940, almost always the last car on a "limited" passenger train owing to the curved windows at the back, plus this one has no door. Some had domes as well. These rounded-end single-purpose cars disappeared from American railroads by the 1950s to eliminate the need to "turn" the trains. The railroads would soon eliminate passenger service altogether because, thanks to airplanes, it no longer paid.
Streamlined Stainless Steel Observation Car Awaiting Restoration
Streamlined stainless steel observation car from the Reading, ca.1940, almost always the last car on a "limited" passenger train owing to the curved windows at the back, plus this one has no door. Some had domes as well. These rounded-end single-purpose cars disappeared from American railroads by the 1950s to eliminate the need to "turn" the trains. The railroads would soon eliminate passenger service altogether because, thanks to airplanes, it no longer paid.