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A dining car on the Union Pacific's City of Denver, ca. 1950s. Edwin Kachel was a steward for more than twenty-five years in the Dining-Car Department of the Great Northern Railway. He said that "on a dining car, three elements can be considered -- the equipment, the employee, then passenger."
A diner is a type of restaurant found across the United States and Canada, as well as parts of Western Europe and Australia.Diners offer a wide range of cuisine, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a combination of booths served by a waitstaff and a long sit-down counter with direct service, in the smallest simply by a cook.
Tailfins gave a Space Age look to cars, and along with extensive use of chrome became commonplace by the end of the decade. 1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music, major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the "hot rod" culture. The American manufacturing economy switched from producing ...
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ACF produced three types of domes for the Union Pacific: coaches, dining cars, and observation cars. The ten dining cars were unique: the only dome dining cars (aside from GM's Train of Tomorrow) ever built for a United States railroad. [2]: 146 The cars featured seating on both levels: 18 in the upper level in booths and 18 in the lower level ...
In great working order, this car has ties to “James Bond” creator Ian Fleming and is offered for sale by Gullwing Motor Cars, Inc. in Astoria, New York. 1958 Chevrolet Impala Price: $999,999
Silk City Diners was a division of the Paterson Wagon Company, later known at Paterson Vehicle Company, established by Everett Abbott Cooper and based in Paterson, New Jersey, which produced about 1,500 diners from 1926 until 1966.
Discover which classic drive-in restaurants are worth a visit on your next road trip. They had their heyday in the 1950s and '60s, but there are still plenty of drive-ins to discover.