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Tom Kepshire

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Those Wonderful Monon Meals
« on: March 02, 2012, 12:35:07 pm »
Dinner in the Diner....nothing could be finer... (With no disrespect to Glenn Miller.)
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Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
« Reply #1 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?
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Tim T Swan

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Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
« Reply #3 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?
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Steve Dolzall

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Re: Those Wonderful Monon Meals
« Reply #4 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.
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