Dome Car Magic

Dome Car Magic

DVD Cover for Dome Car Magic
Produced by Richard Luckin
Written by Kathleen Luckin
Starring Bill Kratville
James Terry
Tom Rader
Susie Kiger
Art Lloyd
Mike Davis
Ron Hill
Music by Accent Music
Music Bakery
Cinematography Marc Ricciardi
Edited by Rick Malesky
Distributed by RK Publishing/Luckin Productions
Release date
 2006
Running time
 26 min.
Language English

Dome Car Magic: A History of Railroad Dome Cars is a 2006 American television production that chronicles the history of the railroad sightseeing cars, from Burlington's 1945 Silver Dome to the full-length models operating today in Canada and Alaska.

The 30-minute program, narrated by television actor and railroad owner Michael Gross, debuted in 2006 on the PBS television network.

Synopsis

Archival film footage shows the many famous North American trains that operated dome cars. They include the Empire Builder, Super Chief, North Coast Limited, Daylight, Capitol Limited, Denver Zephyr, City of Los Angeles, Canadian and the California Zephyr.

The documentary consists of interviews with seasoned travelers and rail historians, plus images of present-day dome cars on a variety of dinner and cruise trains—including the newest "bi-level" domes used in Alaska and Canada. These are the cars are in use by American Orient Express, Holland America, Princess Tours, Alaska Railroad, Royal Caribbean and Rocky Mountaineer Railtours.

Chapters

Chapters of the film include:

Home media

DVD

Dome Car Magic was edited at MediaPro Denver and released on DVD by China Concepts.

See also

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