Yesterday I drove to W. Springfield to attend the Amherst Railway Society Hobby and Train Show. My plan was to eat lunch at a restaurant with a train car attached in Chicopee (to add photos to this post); attend the show; and then on the way home stop in Palmer at the Steaming Tender. Well, as the Meatloaf song goes: "Two outta three ain't bad." It was too dark to take any photos of the Steaming Tender. Because the train station restaurant is just a few blocks from a real diner, it made sense to return another time when the sun was out to best explore the area and take photographs.
The amazing thing is that the "restaurant" with the rail car that I did get to turned out to be attached to a real diner! The diner has escaped the many diner fan lists out there. So, here are some photos of my visit. For anyone visiting the hobby show in the future, this great find is only 9 miles away. Following are a series of posts highlighting first the diner, then the railcar.
Tomlinson Run (of Good Luck) Railroad
BONUS FEATURE: Bernie's Dining Depot, James Street, Chicopee, MA,
Here's the takeout menu that contains the history of the diner and the railcar. (B52 bomber fans, take note.):
