Hey Bobby Ogage, excellent pix! You got it! What a variety of styles and eras.
For the curious, photos 1 and 3 are Sisson's Diner, 1926, Wasson Manufacturing, Springfield (MA) car #229. It is located in Middleboro, MA. A visit to this trolley-diner was on my summer to-do list, but it never happened. Also in Middleboro is a 1997 real (as in building) diner, Dave's Diner, built by the Starlite Diner Co. of Florida.
Photo 3 is the Ice Cream Shoppe, also paired with a real diner called The Trolley Car Diner, in Philadelphia, PA. A 1948 St. Louis Car Co., PCC, former Philadelphia Transit Authority car #2134. It was restored and serving food only since 2003, so it's a relative young 'un.
Photo 4 is the Route 66 Diner, Gardner, IL. This early style single truck American Car saw various non-tansportation uses since its retirement in 1932 -- some food related, some not. It's now in a small park. It first ran in Albany, GA then was sold to Kankakee, IL for use as a trolley.
How about you West Coast folks (CA, WA)? There are lots of rail car and trolley conversions out your way. Maybe because the diner builders are mostly in the east and you have so much stock to work with? Several conversions are in IL as well -- such a great place for preservation.
Thanks for the great photos. Keep 'em coming, even if only vaguely diner/trolley/train-related. How about some more train station restaurants?
Tomlinson Run Railroad
