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Pacific Dining Car founder Fred Cook died In 1947. Grace Cook continued to operate the restaurant until 1960, when she sold the restaurant to her daughter Virginia and son-in-law Wes Idol. [1] Wes Idol died in 1970, with Virginia retaining ownership of the restaurant. Wes Idol II purchased Pacific Dining Car from his mother in 1975. [1]
It took firefighters about an hour to extinguish the blaze at the century-old restaurant building, which attracted movers and shakers for much of its history.
The Spanish flu had barely loosened its grip on the nation by the time the Pacific Dining Car opened near downtown Los Angeles in 1921, and it distinguished itself not just by the unique ...
Carney's restaurant in 2010 Carney's signage. Carney's is a hot dog and burger restaurant in a yellow Union Pacific rail car on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. [1] It was brought to the site in 1978. [2] A second Carney's, also in train cars, is located on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. [3]
The Astra Domes were a fleet of streamlined dome cars built by the American Car and Foundry Company ("ACF") and later by Pullman-Standard ("PS") for the Union Pacific Railroad between 1954–1958. ACF built a total of 35 cars including coaches, dining cars, and observation cars, while PS built 5 for Union Pacific.
El Comedor (RI #428) is a former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad dining car. [1] It was one of four built in 1947 on Lot 6762 by Pullman-Standard to plan 7517 for the Golden Rocket, "the train that never was." It was subsequently added to the consist of the Golden State along with its brethren, and stayed with the train for many years ...
A cover of the 1909 Santa Fe Railway pamphlet describing Fred Harvey hotels, dining rooms and sample menus. The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in the Western United States.
A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. These cars provide the highest level of service of any railroad food service car, typically employing multiple servers and kitchen staff members.