Editing Streamliner (section)

== Sterling Streamliner diners ==
Many American roadside [[diners]] built since the 1930s have had streamlined exteriors and interiors.<ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite web|author=Hels|url=http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/09/art-deco-and-american-diner.html|title=Art Deco and the American Diner|work=Art and Architecture, mainly|date=3 September 2009|via=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310054740/http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2009/09/art-deco-and-american-diner.html|archive-date=10 March 2021|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first=Don|last=Sawyer|url=http://dinerdon.com/history/index.html|title=History of Diners and Drive-ins|location=[[Durham, Maine]]|publisher=dinerdon.com|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630045812/http://dinerdon.com/history/index.html|archive-date=30 June 2019|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first= Patrick|last=Sisson|date=30 May 2017|url=https://archive.curbed.com/2017/5/30/15716116/restaurants-diners-prefab-historic-preservation|title=Diners, the original prefab success story|work=[[Curbed]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111180155/https://archive.curbed.com/2017/5/30/15716116/restaurants-diners-prefab-historic-preservation|archive-date=11 November 2020|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|last=Witzel|first=Michael Karl|url=https://archive.org/details/americandiner0000witz/mode/1up|title=The American Diner|year=1999|isbn=978-0-7603-0110-4|oclc=809459262|lccn=98049601|location=[[Osceola, Wisconsin]]|publisher=MBI Publishing|access-date=7 May 2021|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> In 1939, Roland Stickney designed a diner named the ''Sterling Streamliner''. Built by the [[John B. Judkins Company]], a firm that also made custom car bodies,<ref name=Judkins>{{cite web|url=http://www.uglyinvestments.net/auto/details.aspx?id=61|title=1939 Sterling Diner |publisher=Antique Car Investments |access-date=7 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710210009/http://www.uglyinvestments.net/auto/details.aspx?id=61|archive-date=10 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Prefabrication|prefabricated]] diner's production ceased in 1942 at the beginning of American involvement in World War II.

The rounded shapes of one or both ends of the ''Sterling Streamliner'' diners resembled the sloping curved nose of the ''Burlington Zephyr'''s streamlined silver locomotive.<ref name=Judkins/><ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite book|last=Witzel|first=Michael Karl|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/americandiner0000witz/page/76/mode/1up|chapter=Chapter 3: Stainless Steel Visions And Neon Dreams: The Golden Age of American Diners|url=https://archive.org/details/americandiner0000witz/mode/1up|title=The American Diner|year=1999|pages=76–77|isbn=0-7603-0110-7|oclc=809459262|lccn=98049601|location=[[Osceola, Wisconsin]]|publisher=MBI Publishing|access-date=7 May 2021|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}
* {{cite web|last=Chase|first=David|date=21 November 1977|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c985bf91-c007-4f60-ae2a-a33fd1987478|title=The Modern Diner|work=United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: [[National Register of Historic Places]] Inventory — Nomination Form|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Department of the Interior]]: [[National Park Service]]|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507155127/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c985bf91-c007-4f60-ae2a-a33fd1987478|url-status=live}} and [https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c9f74f03-472d-412a-ad27-08434047ac21 photographs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507155822/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c9f74f03-472d-412a-ad27-08434047ac21 |date=7 May 2021 }}
* {{cite web|url=https://dinerhunter.com/2012/02/28/sterling-streamliners/|title=Sterling Streamliners|work=Diner Hunter|publisher=dinerhunter.com|date=28 February 2012|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502021034/https://dinerhunter.com/2012/02/28/sterling-streamliners/|archive-date=2 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> 
One such ''Sterling Streamliner'' with two rounded ends was built in 1940 and installed as the ''Jimmy Evans Flyer'' in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]. In the 1960s, the building was moved to the village of [[Pocasset, Massachusetts|Pocasset]] in the town of [[Bourne, Massachusetts]], on [[Cape Cod]], where it was named the ''My Tin Diner''.<ref name=Flyer>Multiple sources:
* {{cite web|first=Monica|last=MacPherson|date=13 January 2011|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20031120/News/311209988|title=Diner to be restored locally|publisher=[[Hathaway Publishing#History|SouthCoast Today]]|access-date=7 May 2021|id=From ''[[The Standard-Times (New Bedford)|The Standard-Times]]'', 20 November 2003, p. A5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507203735/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20031120/News/311209988|archive-date=7 May 2021|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|first=Randy|last=Garbin|year=2005|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/dinersofnewengla00rand/page/41/mode/1up|chapter=Chapter Directory: My Tin Diner|url=https://archive.org/details/dinersofnewengla00rand/mode/1up|title=Diners of New England|page=41|isbn=0-8117-5099-X|oclc=860712537|lccn=2004005477|location=[[Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania]]|publisher=[[Stackpole Books]]|access-date=7 May 2021|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}
* {{cite web|first=Debra Jane|last=Seltzer|url=https://www.roadarch.com/diners/ma8.html|title=Handy Hill Creamery: Westport, MA|work=Massachusetts Diners|page=8|publisher=RoadsideArchitecture.com|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128190920/https://www.roadarch.com/diners/ma8.html|archive-date=28 January 2018|url-status=live|quote=The third diner on the property is the Jimmy Evans Flyer, a 1940 Sterling Streamliner .... . It is the sole remaining double-ended Streamliner. This diner was originally located in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford, MA]]. In the 1980s, it was moved to [[Pocasset, Massachusetts|Pocasett]]. In 2000, it was operating as the My Tin Man Diner when it was severely damaged in a fire. It has been here since 2003.}}
* {{cite web|url=http://dinerhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/tin-man-diner-north-falmouth-ma.html|title=Tin Man Diner — North Falmouth, MA|work=Diner News and History|date=4 June 2008|via=[[Blogger (service)|Blogspot]]|access-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508061826/http://dinerhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/tin-man-diner-north-falmouth-ma.html|archive-date=8 May 2021|url-status=live|quote=If you haven't seen the past news articles, the original My Tin Man diner was damaged in a fire on November 24, 2000. Almost three years later what remained of a 1941 Sterling Streamliner was moved into a field next to the Handy Hill Creamery, in Westport, MA. While it looks doubtful whether it will be restored, Steve Harwin of Diversified Diners has brought back many diners thought beyond restoration by others. When we visited the diner last Sunday, Barbara Lind was outside getting things ready for an inspection prior to approval for reopening. She graciously gave us a tour and spoke about it took to reopen the former Wendell's. The diner's condition had deteriorated over the years and it sat unoccupied for last three years. The picture to the right can only show part of this hard work and determination. We look forward to visiting again. It's expected that the Tin Man diner will be open 7AM to 7PM.}}
* {{cite web|first=Peggy|last=Alisio|date=2 March 2009|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20090302/news/903020337|title=Westport creamery owner answers questions about 'derelict' diners|publisher=[[Hathaway Publishing#History|SouthCoast Today]]|access-date=8 May 2021|quote=<br />One of the diners is the former Jimmy Evans Flyer from New Bedford. The others, according to a Web site called Roadside Diner, are the former Route 66 Diner and Tin Man Diner.<br />Sanford had planned to restore the diners and open them for business but he could not get permission to hook them to an existing well used by Handy Hill.<br />Selectmen Chairman J. Duncan Albert said under state regulations, the well is not big enough to serve the three diners as well as Handy Hill.<br />However, Sanford said “the project is still on,” and that they were looking for a location for a new well.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508063100/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20090302/news/903020337|archive-date=8 May 2021|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.dinerville.info/ma/westport/jimmy-evans-flyer|title=Jimmy Evans Flyer: A 1940 J.B. Judkins Co. Double Streamliner diner (#4012) in Westport, Massachusetts|work=Dinerville|date=2 June 2019|publisher=dinerville.info|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507190504/https://www.dinerville.info/ma/westport/jimmy-evans-flyer|archive-date=7 May 2021|url-status=live|quote=True Diner<br />33-55 Hix Bridge Rd Westport, Massachusetts 02790<br />Notes: HW96+WV Westport, Massachusetts<br />Originally Jimmy Evans Flyer in New Bedford; moved to Pocasset in ‘80s; last known as My Tin Man Diner. Devastated by arson fire in 2002; moved here in 2003. In very bad shape. Only surviving double-ended Sterling Streamliner.}}</ref>
[[File:Modern diner.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|The Modern Diner in May 2010]]

In 2000, an [[arson]]ist severely damaged the ''My Tin Diner'' when he set it on fire.  In 2003, the structure was moved into a field next to the ''Handy Hill Creamery'' near Hix Bridge Road in [[Westport, Massachusetts]], while plans were being made to restore it to working condition. However, although restoration began, it was not completed. Visible from the Road, the derelict structure was the only ''Sterling Streamliner'' with two rounded ends known to still survive in 2019.<ref name=Flyer/>

Only one ''Sterling Streamliner'' was open for business in 2020: the [[Modern Diner]] in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]]. That structure, which was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978, has both a rounded sloped end and a flat vertical end. Although the building's roof was once silver, it is now [[maroon]].<ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=c9f74f03-472d-412a-ad27-08434047ac21|title=Modern Diner|work=[[National Register of Historic Places]]: Digital Archive on NPGallery: National Register Digital Assets|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Department of the Interior]]: [[National Park Service]]|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507155312/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=c9f74f03-472d-412a-ad27-08434047ac21|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|last=Chase|first=David|date=21 November 1977|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c985bf91-c007-4f60-ae2a-a33fd1987478|title=The Modern Diner|work=United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service: [[National Register of Historic Places]] Inventory — Nomination Form|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Department of the Interior]]: [[National Park Service]]|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507155127/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c985bf91-c007-4f60-ae2a-a33fd1987478|url-status=live}} and [https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c9f74f03-472d-412a-ad27-08434047ac21 photographs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507155822/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/c9f74f03-472d-412a-ad27-08434047ac21 |date=7 May 2021 }}
* {{cite book|last=Witzel|first=Michael Karl|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/americandiner0000witz/page/76/mode/2up|chapter=Chapter 3: Stainless Steel Visions And Neon Dreams: The Golden Age of American Diners|url=https://archive.org/details/americandiner0000witz/mode/1up|title=The American Diner|year=1999|pages=76–77|isbn=0-7603-0110-7|oclc=809459262|lccn=98049601|location=[[Osceola, Wisconsin]]|publisher=MBI Publishing|access-date=7 May 2021|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}
* {{cite web|last=Shorey|first=Ethan|date=8 December 2015|url=https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/business-takes-off-at-modern-diner-after-top-five-win/article_8e830d5b-a215-5b70-9900-adc16a79cba3.html|title=Business takes off at Modern Diner after 'Top Five' win|location=[[Lincoln, Rhode Island]]|publisher=The Valley Breeze|access-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006000412/https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/business-takes-off-at-modern-diner-after-top-five-win/article_8e830d5b-a215-5b70-9900-adc16a79cba3.html|archive-date=6 October 2021|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://moderndinerri.com|title=Modern Diner|year=2020|location=[[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]]|publisher=Modern Diner|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317185451/https://moderndinerri.com/|archive-date=17 March 2021|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|first=Tony|last=Dunnell|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/modern-diner|title=Modern Diner: Pawtucket, Rhode Island|work=[[Atlas Obscura#Gastro Obscura|Gastro Obscura]]|year=2021|publisher=[[Atlas Obscura]]|access-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123222511/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/modern-diner|archive-date=23 November 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

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