Idea for the Vista-Dome Railroad car was conceived on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad across the Colorado River from this point on July 4, 1944. Riding through Glenwood Canyon in the Fireman's seat high in the nose of a Rio Grande Diesel locomotive built by his company, C.R. Osborn, Vice-President of General Motors and General Manager of Electro-motive Division, was struck with the need for some means of giving passengers an unobstructed view of the inspiring scenery overhead and on all sides, the idea of building glass-enclosed domes into the cars occurred to him,. Unlike so many originators of unusual new ides, Mr. Osborn in a brief five years saw his dream grow into full practical utilization. Vista-Dome California Zephyr trains went into service March 21, 1949 between San Francisco and Chicago and now daily pass the spot where the idea was born.

September 14, 1950

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