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[[File:Rosebud_Diner,_Somerville_MA.jpg|thumb|Rosebud Diner.]]'''Worcester Lunch Car Company''' was a manufacturer of [[Diner (nonfiction)|diners]] based in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1906 to 1957.

In 1906 Philip H. Duprey and Grenville Stoddard established the Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company, which shipped 'diners' all over the Eastern Seaboard. It was named for Worcester, Massachusetts, where the company was based.

The first manufactured lunch wagons with seating appeared throughout the Northeastern US in the late 19th century, serving busy downtown locations without the need to buy expensive real estate. It is generally accepted that the name "diner" as opposed to "lunch wagon" was not widely used before 1925.

The company produced 651 diners between 1906 and 1957, when manufacturing ceased.

All of Worcester Lunch Car's assets were auctioned in 1961.

== In the News ==

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File:Rosebud Diner, Somerville MA.jpg|link=Worcester Lunch Car Company (nonfiction)|The Worcester Lunch Car Company announces that its [[Worcester Lunch Car Company (research division)|research division]] is working on an dinner-menu version of the Flying Diner.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Dymaxion Lunchmobile]]
* [[Flying Diner]]
* [[Worcester Lunch Car Company (research division)]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Diner (nonfiction)]]

External links:

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_Lunch_Car_Company Worcester Lunch Car Company] @ Wikipedia

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