Lake Erie Region Diners. Past & Present

Dining cars/diners built in the Lake Erie Region

Introduction -

Here is the page for lunch cars built by some of the smaller concerns. Remember, that to look at the list of Richardson, Closson and Ward & Dickinson dining cars, click on their name here. Currently, we have no list for Bixler dining cars.
Also, we have just added a growing list of dining cars of which we are unsure of the make. this includes a featured diner that will contain a picture and a little information.

Liberty Dining Cars Extant

Milford Diner - Milford, NH, Rt 101A

Liberty Dining Cars Gone

Florence Diner
Hinman Diner - 1625 Elmwood St., Buffalo, NY
Elmhurst Diner, 2201 Elmwood St, Buffalo, NY
Demostration Car - 33 1/2 W. Tupper, Buffalo, NY - bought by Sidney Schweichert and moved
Black Cat Diner
Blue Parrot Diner, 101 Hanover Manchester, NH owner Joseph Sunderland
Wright Diner
Liberty Diner, Broadway, Depew, NY
Liberty Diner, Lancaster, NY <poss> owner Joseph Sunderland
Liberty Diner, Albion, NY <poss>
Diner - 1312 Hertel, Buffalo, NY <poss>

Nelson's Diner, Gowanda, NY possibly moved to Eden, NY

Mazio's Pizza - Clarence, NY

Covington Diner, Covington, PA

Painted Post Diner, Painted Post, NY

Mulholland Dining Cars Extant

Union City Dinor, Union City, PA[heavily remodeled]
Green Arch Restaurant, Brocton, NY [remodeled]
E-lite Diner, East Liverpool, Oh[in storage]

Mulholland Dining Cars Gone

The Eat Shoppe, Oneonta, NY
Harbor Diner, Dunkirk, NY
Cease's Diner, Dunkirk, NY
State St. Diner, Olean, NY
Club Diner [Mayville Dining Car], Mayville, NY (moved to Sinclairville in 1947)
State Diner, Ithaca, NY
Oneida Diner, Syracuse, NY
Central Diner, East Aurora, NY {maybe a Modern?}
Carthage Diner, Carthage, NY {not 100% guaranteed on this one}
Max's Diner - Walnut St. Mansfield, OH
Diner - Marion, OH
Dunkirk Diner - Sharon, PA at Sharpsville and State
Dunkirk Diner - 3223 Broadway, NYC owned by Denou and Gruber
Corry Diner, Corry, PA
Dunkirk Diner - Youngstown, Ohio
Diner - Kenmore, NY (unsure which one specificly)

Sorge Dining Cars Extant

Bo' Nars, Mayville, NY [severely remodeled]

Sorge Dining Cars Gone

Diner, Oil City, PA {an article says both in Oil City were Sorge built}
Remodeled the Kendall Diner and moved to Fredonia.

Sorge Dining Cars Possibilities

Ashtabula Dinor, Ashtabula, Oh [probably]
DeLuxe Diner, Oil City, PA {possibly}

Rochester Grills Dining Cars Extant

Bloomer's Florist, Bradford, PA
Broadway Diner, Endwell, NY [encased]
JR Diner, Syracuse, NY
Reed's Diner, Sidney, NY [shell only]

Rochester Grills Dining Cars Gone

Scarcella's Diner, Norwich, NY
Davis's Dandy Diner, Olean, NY
Country Club Diner, Rochester, NY
Victory Diner, Watertown, NY
Red Dome Diner, Rochester, NY
Genesee Club Diner, Utica, NY
Lane's Diner, Rochester, NY

Orleans Dining Cars Extant

Highland Park Diner, Rochester, Ny

Orleans Dining Cars Gone

Dr. Sharpe's/National Dining Cars Gone

Clute's Dining Car, Silver Creek, NY
Woodlawn, NY dining car
Taylor Lunch, East Aurora, NY
Henry Smith's Diner, North Tonawanda
Akins Diner, Randolph, NY

Goodell Dining Cars Gone

Court House Diner, Bath, NY

Goodell Dining Cars Extant

Spud Boy Lunch, Lanesboro, MN

Dag-Wood Diners Gone

Dagwood Diner, Toledo, Oh
Dagwood Diner, Wyandotte, MI

Dag-Wood Diners Extant

Fleetwood Diner, Ann Arbor, Mi
Manahttan Diner Erie, Mi [severely remodeled]

Modern Diners Gone *

Batavia, NY
East Aurora, NY
Olean, NY

Kuhlman(Brill) Diners Extant

Diner - Ashland, OH

Kuhlman(Brill) Diners Gone

Diner - Chicago, IL
Max's Diner - Elyria, OH
Diner - Cleveland, OH
Diner - Madison, WI

Unsure Diner List

Featured Diner

Information supplied by : Jane Kelly, Local History Coordinator. Williams County Public Library (Ohio) This dining car was located in Bryan, Ohio. One of the former owners swears it is a "Ward Dining Car". If it is a Ward Dining Car, that would mean it was one of three built behind the Kofoed garage before the company organized. Also, the first and third are documented, so it would have to be the second. I originally thought this to be a Richardson built car as it is similar to the Penn Yan Diner. Anyhow, here is the history of the dining car :

The dining car, operated from 1924 to 1955 by, in succession, Charles Yonk, Charles Johnson, Gerald Allison, Lowe Brothers, Charles and Hazel Stevens, Caromon Whitney and Herbert Salzman.

[ Location First owner ]

North East, Pa Wasmond to Manning
Greenville, PA Martin and Greenfield
Painesville, Oh Dietzen
Angola, NY to Bellevue, Oh to ?,Ind Shattuck(Angola), Paul(Bellevue)
Brocton, NY George Dickinson to Manning
Perrysburg, NY Stock, Slack & Walker w&D
Ashtabula, Oh Charles Haviland & Herman Jackel
Salamanca, NY Fox & Blanding (possibly the Cook lunch car)
Salamanca, NY Ed Comerford {lunch wagon}
Randolph, NY Akins - Sharpe
Allegany, NY
Niagara Falls, NY Al's Diner - w&D
Williamsville, NY Wheeler Scumaker to Swartzman W&D
Kenmore, NY M. Harry More
Bryan, Oh (see Featured Diner) Richardson
Galion, Oh Edward Root
Jamestown, NY Harry Hammond & Robert Augrom W&D
Buffalo, NY Mr & Mrs. Joseph O'Connors
Elwood City, PA Ernest Blanding W&D
Geneva, Oh Harold Taylor
Medina, Oh Bader Sharpe
Sharon, PA Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Richardson W&D
Lancaster, NY
Gowanda, NY C.U. Ubel [built in Silver Creek] w&D
Buffalo(Ford Plant), NY Loren Smith & Lucus
Fredonia, NY Hotchins to Pitt & Lint w&D
Fredonia, NY
Buffalo, NY Charles Lyman
Unknown Loc Albert Schultz - probably Angola, NY
Blasdell, NY Howard Ulrich
Albion, NY replaced by w&D both were w&D
Kendallville, Ind Fulk's lunch car
Kendallville, Ind lunch wagon
Kendallville, Ind Lawson's Diner