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MONON Trains => Passenger Trains => Topic started by: Tom Kepshire on March 02, 2012, 12:35:07 pm

Title: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
Post by: Tom Kepshire on March 02, 2012, 12:35:07 pm

Dinner in the Diner....nothing could be finer... (With no disrespect to Glenn Miller.)

Title: Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
Post by: Ken Weller on April 21, 2012, 07:53:33 pm

Some pics of heavyweight diner 150. 
Looks massive and heavy.
Was it extended in the middle at one point?

Title: Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
Post by: Tim T Swan on April 22, 2012, 12:26:09 am

I doubt it was lengthened.  It was a primarily wooden car than was "modernized" at some point with steel sheathing.  With the exception of 4 steel coaches acquired in the 1920's and some steel head-end cars, all of MONON's pre-war passenger equipment was wood with steel-sheathing.

Title: Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
Post by: Ken Weller on April 22, 2012, 11:45:06 am

I read somewhere that the Monon acquired 2 ATSF diners,
but soon put them in work train service.
I wonder which diners these were - what numbers?  Pics?

Title: Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
Post by: Steve Dolzall on April 22, 2012, 11:55:53 am

Monon Dining Car #150 was built by B&S in August, 1911.  During 1935 & 1936 the Monon rebuilt several cars to accomodate A/C. This car most likely was one of them.