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All aboard the 'railroad car' diner

Originally published: October 28, 2011 5:19 PM
Updated: October 31, 2011 10:51 AM
By JOAN REMINICK  joan.reminick@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | June Anson from Freeport leaves the Merrick Ave. Diner after breakfast.(Oct. 2, 2011)

Serving scrambled eggs with a side of nostalgia, Long Island's vintage railroad car diners are a trip back in time. So place your order and take note of the details of a genre that once defined American roadside eating.

Merrick Ave. Diner

14 Merrick Ave., Merrick, 516-307-1311

HISTORY Manufactured in 1947 by the Silk City company of New Jersey and brought to Merrick, this local...