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Inspired by the streamlined trains, and especially the [[Burlington Zephyr]], Roland Stickney designed a diner in the shape of a streamlined train called the Sterling Streamliner in 1939.<ref>{{cite book|pages=76–78|last=Witzel|first=Michael Karl|title=The American Diner|year=2006|publisher=MBI Publishing|isbn=978-0-7603-0110-4}}</ref> Built by the [[John B Judkins Company|J.B. Judkins]] coach company, which had built custom car bodies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uglyinvestments.net/auto/details.aspx?id=61 |title=1939 Sterling Diner |publisher=Antique Car Investments |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710210009/http://www.uglyinvestments.net/auto/details.aspx?id=61 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Sterling and other diner production ceased in 1942 at the beginning of American involvement in World War II. Two Sterling Streamliners remain in operation: the [[Salem Diner]] at its original location in [[Salem, Massachusetts]] and the [[Modern Diner]] in [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]].