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Dining at the 'Motormat' Drive-In: Where Rails Delivered Food Trays to Your Car (rarehistoricalphotos.com)
7 points by fortran77 on Aug 20, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Sonic keeps the dream alive with girls on roller skates delivering burgers and fries to your car. It was like paradise to me, especially as a roller derby fan, except I don't own a vehicle and I seldom had an excuse/reason to dine there.


There used to be some restaurants using relatively large-scale (typically 45mm gauge) model railway kit to deliver food to your table. The wagons were large enough to put a basket-style meal or a couple of drinks in each one.




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