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Author:  Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Passenger Car Body in Yuma, Az. restaurant?
Someone e-mailed me a lousy picture they took of a "railroad car restaurant" in Yuma, Arizona.

Based on what I could see in the phot and online, it's, well, of interest, though probably with major structural damage:

https://goo.gl/maps/LRPmNA6zics

Image

It apparently was the Happy Chef, then the Copper Miner Kitchen, closing in late 2016, apparently over disputes between tenant and landlord over structural problems/maintenance.

Not that I have any delusions of rescuing this body for someone else to use, but anyone know the heritage, etc.?
Author:  Howard P. [ Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:51 pm ]
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Looks like UP, an AC&F-built car.

Howard P.
Author:  Harry Nicholls [ Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:05 pm ]
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I will have my nephew check out the status of this car, if it is still in Yuma.

Harry
Author:  Adam Phillips [ Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:16 am ]
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It's still there at the corner of S. Gila St. and E 1st St., just a few blocks from Pivot Point Plaza where the SP C-9 2521.
Author:  davew833 [ Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:20 am ]
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15-20 years ago there was an ex-UP lightweight car that was used in several different locations in and around Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of different restaurants. It finally ended up near a scrapyard in Ogden. I wonder if it made its way south to Arizona.
Author:  Topfuel [ Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:50 pm ]
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That's the dining room half of an ex-UP twin unit diner built by ACF in 1953. There were two sets of those built for the City of Denver. This car was part of the Railroader Restaurant chain in Riverside, CA until the mid-1980's when that restaurant closed and the car was moved to Yuma. I don't have the exact UP number handy.
Author:  Charlie [ Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:28 am ]
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According to the 1980 Private Passenger Car Annual, it was UP 5111, ex 5105, built by ACF 12/1953.
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