Single-Level Dome

Each window on the Single-Level Dome is {{convert|6|ft|cm}} by {{convert|7|ft|8|in|cm}}; Colorado Railcar claimed they were the "world's largest glass domed windows." In a lounge configuration the cars can seat up to 76 at "four tops" (tables with 2 × 2 seating).{{cite web | url=http://www.coloradorailcar.com/singledome.htm | title=Single-Level Dome Railcars | work=Colorado Railcar | access-date=14 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210043328/http://www.coloradorailcar.com/singledome.htm | archive-date=10 February 2008}} Via Rail's three cars can seat 71–74 in a standard coach configuration.{{cite web | url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/our-fleet/glass-domed-coach | title=Passenger cars - Panorama Dome car | work=Via Rail | access-date=14 February 2015}} The interior color scheme for the Florida cars was "aquas, pinks and light green." The windows begin at "thigh level" and curve at the top, constituting "most of the ceiling." The Peninsula Clarion described the view as "panoramic".{{cite news | url=http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/052200/ala_052200alaopn080001.shtml | title=Alaska Railroad's new cars have a tropical look | work=Peninsula Clarion | date=22 May 2000 | access-date=14 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123181653/http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/052200/ala_052200alaopn080001.shtml | archive-date=23 January 2005}}

The first five cars were built for the Florida Fun Train, a short-lived service between South Florida and Orlando, Florida. These included four coaches and a lounge car with an open platform. The Florida Fun Train folded in September 1998. The Alaska Railroad acquired all five cars at bankruptcy in 1999.{{Harvnb|Zimmermann|2007|pp=84–85}} One of these cars was rebuilt as a business car, the Aurora.{{cite web | url=http://www.alaskarailroad.com/pdf/PAS_Brochure_Charter.pdf | title=The Alaska Railroad Meeting and Convention Planner | work=Alaska Railroad | access-date=14 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018203956/http://www.alaskarailroad.com/pdf/PAS_Brochure_Charter.pdf | archive-date=18 October 2006}} The Alaska Railroad purchased an additional three cars in 2006–2007, bringing their total to eight.{{cite journal | url=http://www.alaskarailroad.com/pdf/Comm%20Ties%204th%20Quarter%202006.pdf | title=Record-Breaking Year Reflections | journal=Community Ties | year=2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009005609/http://www.alaskarailroad.com/pdf/Comm%20Ties%204th%20Quarter%202006.pdf | archive-date=9 October 2007}}

BC Rail acquired three more of the domes (intended for Florida) in 2000. After BC Rail ceased passenger operations in 2002 they were acquired by Via Rail. Dubbed "Panorama Domes", they remain in service.{{Harvnb|Zimmermann|2007|p=91}} {{As of|2018}} two of the cars operate between Edmonton, Alberta, and Vancouver, British Columbia, on the flagship Canadian, while the third runs on the Jasper–Prince Rupert train between Jasper, Alberta, and Prince George, British Columbia.{{Harvnb|Johnston|2018|p=24}}

• Ultra Dome

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• {{cite magazine | last=Johnston | first=Bob | title=Prince Rupert beckons | magazine=Trains | date=May 2018 | volume=78 | issue=5 | pages=24–25 | issn=0041-0934 }}
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• [http://www.trainweb.org/ultradomes/roster.html Roster as of 2007]

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