The C&O took delivery of this dome car and soon transfered it to their sister company the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad who renamed it Moonlight Dome and put it into service on the "Capitol Limited" between Washington DC and Chicago. Over the next 50 odd years the Moonlight Dome was sold and operated on the Canadian National, Seaboard Coast Line, Amtrak and the Lancaster & Chester Railroads. It's present day owner is the Promontory Chapter of the NRHS in Salt Lake City. Trains & Travel International has included this car on our Domes to Railroad Days-Feather River Express excursion August 20-22 between Emeryville and Portola in the Feather River Canyon.

DAY 1 TUESDAY AUGUST 16: At 11:05PM the Moonlight Dome/Lounge/Pullman Sleeper is attached to Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr which departs Salt Lake City at 11:30PM. For those passengers booked in Pullman Sleeper you can get settled into your room and call it a night. For dome passengers you have a choice of enjoying the night journey across Western Utah and Nevada in the dome section or stretch out in the lower level lounge area.

DAY 2 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17: (B-L) Enjoy a leisure breakfast from the dome section as the California Zephyr races westbound across the Nevada desert towards Reno. Departing Reno at 8:36AM be sure to go up to the dome and enjoy the views of the High Sierra as the train starts it's steep climb towards Nordon Summit at 6,891 feet. Between Reno and Truckee the former Southern Pacific Overland Route follows the Truckee River crossing it several times. Once over the summit it is a long slow decend to Roseville which is now is a major Union Pacific terminal. As the train comes down the Sierra just before arriving in Colfax the tracks run on a ledge 2,000 feet above the North Folk of the American River. It is a breathtaking view from the train. Arrival in Roseville is scheduled for 12:56PM and Sacramento at 2:10PM. Departing from here the line shoots across the Sacramento Valley heading for the San Francisco Bay Area. Just before arrival in Martinez the train crosses over the Carquinez Strait at the mouth of the Suisun Bay on the Suisun Bay Bridge and then for the next 15 miles follows the shores of San Pablo Bay. Great views of the Golden Gate Bridge can be had in this stretch of track. Arrival at Emeryville is scheduled for 4:10PM.

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DAY 1 MONDAY AUGUST 22: (L-D) The Moonlight dome/Lounge/Pullman Sleeper will be attached to the rear of Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr which departs from Emeryville at 9:10AM. For a detailed description of the route along the Bay and up over the High Sierra refer to the Westbound journey above. Departure from Reno is scheduled for 4:06PM. Once we leave the Reno-Sparks area dinner will be served in the dome section. As the sun sets in the west and you enjoy your dinner the full moon will rise in the east.

DAY 2 TUESDAY AUGUST 23: (B) The train is due in Salt Lake City at 3:05AM. The Moonlight Dome will be uncoupled from the California Zephyr and parked at the Amtrak station. Pullman Sleeping passengers are welcome to stay in their rooms and get up when they like. For those passengers staying onboard a breakfast will be served.

PR photos when the Moonlight Dome was new in 1948

TOUR PRICE: All tour prices are corrected to November 1, 2010 and are subject to change without notice, at any time. All prices based on double room occupancy. We reserve the right to change tour prices if necessary.

PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE: Personal items, meals not listed in the itinerary, laundry, phone calls, excess baggage charges, rental cars, side tours, insurance, passport fees including visas, vaccinations, gratuities, medical costs, tips to train or motor coach staff, extra tour costs due to unanticipated changes in the itinerary for reasons beyond our control, including weather, travel conditions, or cancellations, government intervention, sickness, political disputes, and failure of transportation or other causes beyond our control.

TRAVEL AND HEALTH DOCUMENTS: A valid passport is required for our international tours. In some cases a visa is also needed. Consult your health professional for the recommended immunizations and documents. Trains and Travel International , here on referred to as TTI, assumes no other responsibility if a client is refused entry into a country. Cost and cancellation fees will be paid by the client in the event they do not have valid documents.

CHANGE OF ITINERARY: We reserve the right to substitute, alter or modify the tour if any unexpected and unforeseen conditions beyond our control preventing the completion of such. Conditions can include weather, train schedules, equipment, motive power, revision of train consist, train delays, labor strikes, political disputes, derailments, closure of a rail line, break down of railroad or motive power equipment, railroads not honoring contracts and bus equipment problems. We will always endeavor, in each case, to provide substitutes, if any changes take place. TTI is not responsible for canceled trains, delays, hotel rooms, route changes or missed connections, for any reason whatsoever. We will not give refunds if such conditions or cancellations take place.

TRAVEL INSURANCE: Travel Insurance is mandatory for all tours. This insurance will cover and give the tour members many benefits and protection. Benefits include baggage, accident, life, trip cancellation, sickness, bankruptcy, strike, weather conditions, employer termination or layoff effecting you or a person sharing the room with you, terrorist incident in your departure city or city of destination, jury duty, you are subpoenaed, hijacked, or quarantined, your residence or traveling companion residence is rendered uninhabitable, emergency military duty, traffic accident, single supplement upgrade when your traveling companion cancels their trip, trip interruption, trip delay, missed connections, itinerary change, emergency medical benefits, medical evacuation, baggage delay and loss, pre-existing medical conditions if enrollment is within 21 days of your invoice date, burglary of you or your companion before departure, felonious assault of you or your traveling companion before departure, 24 hour hotline emergency assistance, emergency cash transfer and more. We will supply you with a travel insurance brochure with rates and application when we mail you the invoice after trip deposit is received. Travel insurance protects your vacation investments and is a very good investment for your travel and vacation money. US law allows us to offer this insurance to all persons Worldwide. We will accept a "refusal of travel insurance wavier" if you do not wish to purchase any travel insurance. FOR CUBA: Because of the nature of these tours travel insurance is MANDATORY for everyone. We have a special American travel insurance company that will insure all folks going to Cuba on legal US approved tours. This insurance information will be sent to you upon receiving your booking.

RESPONSIBILITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Accepting your payment represents an agreement that you understand all the conditions, to be a member of our tours. TTI gives notice that they are acting agents for the owners, contractors and suppliers, providing the transportation and all related travel services and assume no responsibility for injury, sickness, damage, loss, additional expenses accidental delay or irregularities which may be caused through willful or negligent acts or omissions on the part of the companies providing or engage in transportation, accommodations or services related to the accomplishment of the tour. Nor do we assume responsibility for natural disasters, social or political upheaval, acts of terrorism or acts of nature. TTI reserves the right to substitute hotels, tour leaders, equipment, motive power, trains, onboard accommodations, routes and to alter the itinerary when deemed necessary without notice. The right is also reserved to cancel any trip or train prior to departure for any reason . TTI is not responsible for expenses incurred by tour members in preparing for the tour, including non-refundable airline tickets, visa fees, planning, phone calls, or any other expenses. TTI reserves the right to decline to accept, or ask to leave a tour, any person whose actions impede the daily operations of a tour, welfare or enjoyment of other tour members. TTI cannot give any refunds for any unused services. The terms contained herein shall serve as a waiver of liability to TTI. Assumption of risk on behalf of the client, their heirs, executor, administrators, successors, and assigns for any and all known persons injuries

RESERVATIONS: A deposit is due in our office within 14 days after you make your bookings. Full payment is due 90 days before departure. You will receive an invoice, reservation form and current tour bulletins with your confirmation and travel insurance forms. No notice for final payment will be sent to you. It is your responsible to make the final payment on-time.

CANCELLATIONS: TTI does not accept cancellations on the phone. Cancellations must be received by postal mail, email or fax before any refunds will be considered. Allow enough time if sending your written notice by US mail postal system. When a written cancellation is received in the Trains and Travel office this will be the effective date of the cancellation. Please take note that it can take up to 60 days to to process some refunds. Cancellation refund rules: 100 days prior to the start of any tour you will receive a full refund less a $100 per person administration fee. 99 to 61 days before the departure of any tour there will be a 80% cancellation penalty based on the full cost of the tour. Cancellations received 60 or less days before the start of any tour will not receive any refund. GW Travel Ltd has their own cancellation rules and these will apply. If booking on GW Travel Ltd ask for cancellation rules.

PRE-DEPARTURE TOUR BULLETINS: Tour bulletins will be sent to clients that have booked on tours operated by TTI. Bulletins include travel info related to the tour. Final documents will be sent out about two to three weeks before a tour begins. We offer tours operated by other companies and they may or may not send out tour bulletins and updates and most send out final documents only one to two weeks prior to the start of their tours.

PAYMENTS: Payments can be made with personal check drawn on a U.S. Dollar account, money order for U.S. Dollars, bank wire transfer, or credit card. We accept Visa, Master Card, Discover or American Express. Final payment for all tours is due 90 days prior to departure. If final payment has not been received 7 days after the due date, a late fee of $50 per week will apply.

SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: All prices are based on double room occupancy. We will try and match you with a roommate if one is available. If not, you may be charged the single room supplement listed for the tour you are booked on. Single rooms may not be available in some remote locations and on some trains.

TOUR REFUNDS: If for any reason tour members amend or delete any arrangements during travel, and leave the tour on their own, we cannot give any refunds on unused portions of the tour. If buses and trains are cancelled by the carrier or there is a labor strike or they go out of business, we cannot be held responsible and we cannot give refunds. Travel insurance will protect you for any of these reasons. If TTI needs to cancel any tour everyone will receive a full refund. Please take note that in some cases refunds can take up to 60 days to process.

PARTIAL TOURS: We will allow passengers to join or leave a tour at certain points. It will all depend on the tour and the conditions. Give us a call and we will try and work up a custom option for you.

MILEAGE COLLECTORS: Mileage collectors please take note that TTI does not cater just to mileage collectors. We cater to all folks that enjoy trains and Rail journeys. We give strong warning that itinerary and route changes do happen and this is totally beyond our control when it does. If the only reason that you would want to book a tour is to collect the rare mileage, you need to understand that possible route changes do happen.