This next Houston offering is unfortunately "Permanently closed" according to Google Street view. The associated photos show a really terrific looking restaurant. (To get the most RR-related pictures, enter in Railroad Crossing BBQ before the address. Many photos are from 2016-18, so it must have closed recently. I avoided interior shots with people in them.)
Railroad Crossing BBQ, 14720 Hempstead Road, Houston, TX
This eatery has three cars on the property, one of which is used as an extension for their dining spaces.
In addition to a crossing buck and a G gauge train in the main dining area, one web photo shows what looks to be a small steam engine at the far end of the converted rail car dining area.
Info and Photos via Google Maps
This screen capture shows from, upper left to lower right, a (fake?) mini steam engine, the repurposed rail car, the main buildings, a baggage car marked "UP", and a bay window caboose marked Southern Pacific Lines. You can see a single RR track behind the restaurant and there is a RR crossing near by:
CNW #300915
The Chicago and Northern Historical Society says this numbered car was used for MOW but was originally built as a sleeper. I don't know why it has a Great Northern logo on the side. Note the side-entrance vestibules, roof shape, and the modifications the restaurant made by adding a central entrance (in classic diner building tradition):
This entrance mimics a typical diner building central vestibule:
Here are earlier interior shots. I love the green and red and how the lights give off a gold cast. Notice also the use of a counter in some of the photos:
Interior roof lines as seen from the counter:
The restaurant must have closed because this photo shows a Grand Opening sign. You can also see that the interior was remodeled. Personally, I like the older look better :-). Do those trucks say anything to you experts? date? type?:
This guy's happy. You can tell it's a BBQ joint by the entire roll of paper towels placed at each table (or are those just tall menus?):
I'm guessing that the photo above and the one below were taken from the added central vestibule:
To assist with download time, I'll post the other two cars separately. I think I would have liked this place a lot. Oh, lastly, here's a G gauge train in one of the other sections:
Tomlinson Run Railroad
