ED'S MILWAUKEE ROAD SKYTOP TRAIN

Woodsy,

Your post on observation windows really struck a chord!

The first two photo's show what I have running on my train layout right now! 

It's from K-Line's Milwaukee Road Hiawatha set from 2002 and represents one of the Skytop Lounge observation cars built by the MR for its famous Hiawatha fleet. 

The cars were designed by famous industrial designer Brooke Stevens and first entered service in 1948. The Tri-ang version appears to be a caricature of that car as there was - to my knowledge - no other railroad observation car designed like that.

Also, here's a short video I posted to Y'allTube last week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyYox36_3ts

Las Vegas Skytop

Ed

THOSE BEAUTIFUL FROSTED PLASTIC WINDOWS

I adored small opaque plastic windows on toys when I was a kid. They were a staple on lots of toys especially futuristic vehicles.

Here's one I really remember, the rear yellow hatched screen of the Matchbox Lamborghini Marzal. I loved it! This one was online.

But my absolute fave opaqued windows were the two green bottle bottom panes hidden behind the clear canopy of the wonderful Alps Moon Explorer. Here's one pictured online and you can just see those two windows at the back. How I adored them and still have a nice example of this amazing Japanese space toy.

Can you think of any other frosted toy window panels?