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      <image:caption>James Ballowe, who operates Choo-Choo Restaurant at Des Plaines, Ill., loads a catsup car of "Hamburger Limited" which bears food to patrons from kitchen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The original Choo-Choo location on Miner Street in Downtown Des Plaines</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Against the background of a huge photo-mural, Jessie Palmer, one of the Choo-Choo's waitresses, draws a coke for a customer as the miniature Santa Fe diesel hauls a load of "empties" back to the kitchen for more orders.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Waitress Cynthia Black loads up a flatcar alongside the "roundhouse" with its array of power in the kitchen. The transformer for the rolling stock is shown in the foreground.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>All ages, makes and models of food 'lovin rail fans are evident in this counter shot of the Choo-Choo's interior, as they watch the food-train come rolling down the track with their orders.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Two young "rails" — Philip and Dale Benziger watch the diminutive diesel as it noses out of the simulated tunnel entrance of the kitchen on its counter itinerary.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>These custom retro menus were designed by Orange Propeller for the re-grand opening of the diner</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>James Ballowe, who operates Choo-Choo Restaurant at Des Plaines, Ill., loads a catsup car of "Hamburger Limited" which bears food to patrons from kitchen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>James Ballowe, who operates Choo-Choo Restaurant at Des Plaines, Ill., loads a catsup car of "Hamburger Limited" which bears food to patrons from kitchen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Against the background of a huge photo-mural, Jessie Palmer, one of the Choo-Choo's waitresses, draws a coke for a customer as the miniature Santa Fe diesel hauls a load of "empties" back to the kitchen for more orders.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>All ages, makes and models of food 'lovin rail fans are evident in this counter shot of the Choo-Choo's interior, as they watch the food-train come rolling down the track with their orders.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>These custom retro menus were designed by Orange Propeller for the re-grand opening of the diner</image:caption>
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