Mr. Osborn took the idea to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). The CB&Q took a stainless steel Budd-built coach and rebuilt it at their shops in Aurora, Illinois, with the Vista Dome imagined and sketched by Cyrus Osborn. The dome area featured seats that were positioned lengthwise in the cabin facing double-pane windows which were designed to improve insulation. This first Vista Dome was called, appropriately, "Silver Dome". On July 23, 1945, the car was tested in the consist of the "Twin Cities Zephyr". Vista Domes quickly found their way into many Burlington "Zephyr" consists, culminating in 1949 with the inauguration of the "California Zephyr".