Inside railroad food service

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Anonymous

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Inside railroad food service

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 7, 2002 11:52 AM

I'm Wondering if maybe you could use flat cars to transport food over long distances?

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thirdrail1

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Posted by thirdrail1 on Monday, January 7, 2002 9:26 PM

Many years ago there was a chain of restaurants in New York City that used Lionel Standard Gauge trains to deliver food to patrons at the lunch counter. I recall a dinette in Freeport, NY, that used even bigger Buddy L trains. The hamburgers were delivered on plates on flat cars. No doubt there is at least one somewhere in the USA doing this with "G" gauge trains today.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 9, 2002 11:24 AM

Thanks for the information. Doyou think there's any such thing in the Pittsburgh or Erie area?

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thirdrail1

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Posted by thirdrail1 on Wednesday, January 9, 2002 4:34 PM

I doubt it. Small "fast food" restaurants with a "hook" like "Hamburger Junction" in New York did not survive the coming of McDonald's, Burger King, and the other big franchise chains.

"The public be ***ed, it's the Pennsylvania Railroad I'm competing with." - W.K.Vanderbilt