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I'll bet Jim's PA college diner was the late-1950s Silk City-built "Baby's (eat and get out) Diner". Right?  Diner website  At Baby's it's all about the red and white colors (and apparently sticky buns).  Here's a Google Image search for more pictures: Lots of photos ...  

Recently in this post we've investigated mustard and catsup colors on converted cars and food trailers, but the 50's red and white look is popular, too.  As described in the 20 October 2016 post, the Newport & Narragansett Bay RR created a 50s-style diner inside of a rail car.  For your viewing pleasure, here are some more examples of rail car/trolley "diners" -- also featuring the classic red and white Coca Cola look.  Most embedded photos are from places like Yelp followed by pointers to more official sources and copyrighted photos.

The Diner Car, Doolittle's Restaurant, DuBois, PA

Not far from State College, PA is a converted 1944 PRR Pullman car "diner". This local attraction also has a gorgeous 1913 Milwaukee Road parlor car-turned dining room:

Now, if I were an art historian, I might call this a "transitional" piece because, while the seats, tables, and walls are in 50's red and white, and the floor is a typical checkerboard, it is a catsup red and yellow mustard checkerboard.  Clearly, the designers took some stylistic license.  Here are more links.  The railroad station is new but was built from B&O plans:

DuBois Area Historical Society Article (nice)

TV News Video and Story and the Official Website

Rock and Roll Diner, Oceana, CA

This "diner" was created from two streamlined passenger cars placed end-to-end. One is smooth-sided, the other is a fluted Budd observation car.  Wow-Za!

 Lots of photos (Google image search) , Official website, and Short video of the exterior.

Angels' Diner, Palatka, FL

Back on the east coast is a steel-sided rail car of some type (?). Can anyone hazard a guess? The restaurant dates from 1932.  The interior design isn't too heavy on the 50s-look but the plates do sport black and white checkerboards:

Angel's doesn't seem to have a website but they are on Angel's Diner FB Page and some More photos.  To be continued ...

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