Show us your diner

Busy night at Irene's

my "toy train style diner"...faux litho graphics on cardboard form with half of glasses case for top...

http://www.bigindoortrains.com...er/shortys_diner.htm

howard...

The food at Irene's must be outstanding. Look at all the cars in the parking lot.

Paul very nice scene, looks like it belongs there.

What a great variety of diners.  I'm lovin' it.

The first place opened last year, it's Fleetwoods on Front st. Mick Fleetwood owns it. He lives on the lower road. He plays very often there. If he's on island there's a red flag flying over the joint. Don

Dose he still party hard? Again, it's been forever since I've been there, anywhere for that mater. Spent the better part of twenty years in airports, venues, and hotel ballrooms. Things changed after 9-11. I miss the travel, but not the planes. I need to revisit some places, Maui being one of them. Can one catch a train from SF to there?

Paul:

Your Irene's Diner is outstanding. Just a beautiful scene!!!!!!!!!

Didn't Williams and American Flyer offer a diner at one time? Don

This is the Department 56 "Mickey's Diner", with a slight modification to honor my Aunt Tippy who used to take me to Zinn's Diner in West Reading and The Airport Diner in Kutztown, PA.

If you guys like Diners and vintage cars and hot rods, check out this sight: www.donsawyerart.com to see what artist Don Sawyer creates. Don shows at the Eastern states Exposition show put on by the Amherst Railway Society in January in West Springfield, MA.. The web sight lists other shows he sells at.

Don has traveled all over New England in search of Diners, and then paints them with period cars, and then produces fine prints that he sells. He has done over 300 diners. I have purchased about 20 of these for display in my home. Everyone LOVES them!

Don Sawyer

P.O. Box 2269

W. Brattleboro, VT 05303

(802) 254-6192

www.donsawyerart.com

His complete print repertoire can be seen at:

ZEPHYR DESIGNS

129 Main Street

Brattleboro, Vermont

Believe me his work is outstanding, and right up our alley.

Paul Goodness

Here is  one of our Diners

Scale Rail,

In answer to your question about Williams diner, yes they did make one called the Roadside Diner back in 1980. I have one, although it's not presently on my layout, it will be in the near future.

Stella's must have been a chain back in the 50's. Don

Here is my scratch built diner, make from a junk American Flier passenger car body. Windows made from parchment paper with inked in figures.  Lighted interior.

This was an easy, quick and fun project from a scrap AF passenger car purchased from a junk box at a train show.  Used brick paper for foundation.

Charlie

Now that looks like a Diner 

Having been a fan of Edward Hopper for several decades now since first visiting the Whitney in NYC., i accidentally incorporated a favorite of mine called "Nighthawks" into my layout.

In the small area of vacant land near the Warthog Coal & Oil Co. i had planned to build a version of Coalyard Charlie's, a bar and eatery in Rome, NY. However eldest daughter (MTS Harvard Divinity and JD Boston College Law) felt the property was better suited for a Pentecostal Church (currently under construction), and threatened legal action if i built an establishment that served alcohol.

Hence i was forced to build a small diner next to the coal yard fence which i named Coalyard Andy's after Andy Fusco, my friend, fellow model railroader, and donor of the cadaver diner that i performed surgery on. i was able to incorporate "Nighthawks" inside the diner.

Pardon the poor quality photos; i can't seem to get used to digital photography since retiring my old Leica.

jackson

I have 3 plasticville diners I place at strategic spots on the layout to keep the general public well fed!!!

I also use the phone diner. It is one of the buttons to push on the edge of layout for guests.

Clem

Blissfield Railroad Days' Events - Blissfield Main Street

This is a K-Line shell that I'm using for a diner by Lionel Steel.  So far, I have only added decals, but plan to make a brick base.

WOW  Everyone has such good ideals and I am trying to decide what to do. Thanks and keep them coming. Great pic too.

Here in San Diego we have a pretty cool-looking diner called Studio Diner.  Really cool blue neon lighting effects at night too.

Then there's the Ruby's "World of Tomorrow" Diner at Mission Valley Mall.

Not your streamlined stainless steel big city diner, but Bubba's is the finest BBQ joint in my little eastern NC town....

Just be careful on the cinderblock steps!  LOL

I'm not where I can get a picture of it right now, but I also have the "Joe's Diner" as 2 previous posters have shown. Likewise, I get a lot of great feedback from visitors when the phone rings to the sound of Rock Around the Clock.  The younger kids always want to know why there is a cord connecting the phone to the diner. 

Here's one I'm setting up for the Gadsden Pacific museum. It's an 0 gauge Lionel tinplate diner mounted on masonite. Note the Heinz truck making a delivery, and the police car that stopped in for donuts. I'm going to add a shed in the rear corner. The diner, cars, etc. will be screwed to the base so the entire display can be moved on or off the layout intact, and the cars won't get pushed around. The triangular base goes in one corner of the layout on the outside of an 072 curve. The asphalt is Rustoleum texture paint and the parking lot striping is 1/8" pinstriping tape from the auto parts store.