Yup. I thought that the Monroeville, OH diner looked familiar and that I would find it mentioned on the diner page for the Hickscarworks blog (brought to us by the fine folks at the Illinois Railway Museum). Here's the subsection:
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Monroeville, O.
Just like Gasoline Alley! This nameless diner was the body of Lake Shore Electric #171, a 1918 steel Jewett. Here we see Norm Krentel and Jeff Brady examining it in May 1979. It was obviously out of business. I hopefully suggested that IRM should acquire it and keep it as a diner. Of course nothing came of that idea. Several years later, however, the body was acquired by Seashore with the eventual intention of restoring it as an interurban car. Good luck!= = = =
As you can see the Hickscarworks topic has embedded links and says that the body went to the Seashore Trolley Museum. From looking at the flickr photo links in my previous reply, I wondered whether the car had been extended -- it looks awfully long in those photos. The Seashore Museum's history says the car was built by the Jewett Car Company and is 61' long; the page includes other stats. Here's their thumbnail photo:
Hey, I'm headed up to Maine this week. Who knows? Maybe a side trip is in order?
Tomlinson Run Railroad
