I always associate "diner' with the urban northeast. (I did have breakfast at one near the Ted Maurer auction site some years ago, and I see what I think are some west of York on U.S. 30) On my first trips to central Pa., and then up into New England, I was surprised by the lack of fast food restaurants that I had lived off of in school in the midwest since the middle 1950's. (no problem in central Pa. now) As for my modeled steam era, when I was a kid, we rarely ate out (boy, has THAT changed) except city shopping where we ate at Woolworth's lunch counter, or a push your tray, make a selection, "Blue Boar" cafeteria. (there were infrequent stops at a White Castle). Flyer, Lionel, and MTH (I think) have offered "diners". I remember seeing nothing like them in my area, although I have heard there once was one made from a McKeen car in the Toledo area. Menards has offered a barn, so a stockyards, or more likely, a packing plant, at the other end of the food chain, would be interesting here.
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