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I have a rare Santa Fe Super Chief passenger car set from the early 2000s with LED lighted interiors and painted passenger figures. It's the 4-car initial set and the 2-car add-on set. Problem is, neither set came with a diner. Where are the passengers going to eat?

So, from eBay, I just received an earlier Lionel NIB aluminum diner with incandescent lighting and silhouetted passenger figures. Not a perfect match for the newer cars. But at least, the passengers now have a place to eat.

When I first put it on the track, those incandescent lights produced a blazing, over-lit interior. So to tone it down some, I replaced the 18 volt bulbs with 24 volt ones and now the diner's interior lighting matches the other cars' interior lighting a little better. Although, the silhouetted passengers stand out from the other cars' painted passenger figures. I guess when the passengers move from their Pullman rooms into the dining car, they transform into silhouettes. Oh well, can't have everything.

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