"Dining" Car on Ebay

Bruce Piece · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:24 pm

For those wanting to know more about the hobby on a national level, here is the website to the North American Railcar Operators Association.

> Personal website with extensive descriptions
> of motorcar trips over a number of
> railroads, standard and narrow gauge.

http://www.narcoa.org
brucepierce@frankelectro.com

Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:29 pm

1960s photo on the Rocky Mountain Rocket in Colorado. It was a pretty sad railroad by this time. I think this unit wore about 8 different paint schemes before it was retired, with only the first attractive. We're lucky it looks so nice today.

http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00005926+OP-5926
ryarger@rypn.org

Brandi · **Posted:** Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:15 pm

Ebay has a listing for another ex passengar car used as a resturant in Danville, IL. Just from glancing at the photos inline, I suspect the seller is wrong on the age of the car, and with the door cut in the side, I would question that the "Car is movable by rail " Anyone know more about its history?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 2469660353

Pullman Dining Car - circa 1900-1920
Brandi_n_la@yahoo.com

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:44 pm

Brandi wrote:

Ebay has a listing for another ex passengar car used as a resturant in Danville, IL.

This P-S diner didn't move far, as it is now located in Kennekuk County Park, which is northwest of Danville, next to the C&EI depot from Bismarck.

The diner was formerly part of O'Leary's Pub in Danville, which was moving to a new location when the car was listed for sale back in 2004; the pub just recently closed--here's the article from the Danville News Gazette, which mentions the car: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-07-10/danville-restaurant-closed.html

Does anybody know the identity of this diner? Thanks in advance!

Pictures found on Flickr:

Note the door cut into the hallway side, June 12th, 2004: https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcoleman/2949549075/sizes/l (Erik Coleman photo)

C&EI depot, October 7th, 2010: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23711298@N07/5142031154/sizes/l (Earl C. Leatherberry photo)

Stairs added, March 30th, 2013: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zaruka/8686640715/sizes/l (Raymond Cunningham photo)

Rainier Rails · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:50 pm

Apparently there are two copies of this thread!

http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9042