Reply to "Trains, Trolleys, and Diners: The real story"

TomlinsonRunRROGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

John/Jay Jay,

Thanks for the O'Mahony diner photo and the IRM restoration update. Let's hope they'll have counter service soon!

Recently, I was thinking about the Diner Grill. That's the Chicago diner that was built out of two Evanston Railways streetcars, and which you'd alerted us had a fire last Christmas eve 2016.

Apparently, some work started in June and somebody on Reddit (or was it Yelp?) wrote as recently as 9 September that it looked like some work was being done again. I found this Facebook page that includes two interior photos (see the first one posted on June 20th and the last one posted on January 18). Both photos show the curved roof line and the narrow streetcar width that are hidden inside the boxy exterior:

Facebook photos showing streetcar roof line

Jim, interesting reading about cable cars and the contrast with horse-drawn and trolley transportation.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

9/16/176:56 PM

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