Wow, I had no idea that there was actually a real railroad car inside
the Zephyr shell! I drive past the place every time I fan the Mendota
Sub and simply assumed that since the Zephyr exterior was a fake that
the whole thing was too. Do they actually still use the car for food
service? When I drive by in the evening the adjacent building is all
lit up, but the car looks dark. From the look of the pictures that
might be from the windows being painted over.
Thank you kindly,
Mike Matalis
Downers Grove IL
On Nov 26, 2008, at 8:01 PM, Randall Hicks wrote:
> The diner at Sandwich, Ill. is built around the body of CB&Q car 4438.
> Can anyone identify its builder and date? I haven't been able to
> find a roster for early wooden passenger cars. The current owner's
> website and menus say it's a Pullman car originally displayed at the
> Columbian Exposition, but I don't know how much of that to believe.
> Here are some recent pictures:
>
> http://hickscarworks.blogspot.com/2008/06/roadside-
> diners.html#Sandwich
>
> BTW, I recently had a Sandwich diner sandwich and it was pretty good.
>
> Randall Hicks
>
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