Vintage Trains and Planes Converted Into Novel Restaurants and Bars

From a 1900s caboose in Portland, Ore., to a 737 in central China, five vintage trains and planes transformed into unique restaurants and bars

Bob Cooper

Jan. 31, 2019 4:12 p.m. ET

WHEN THE TWA HOTEL opens this spring at John F. Kennedy International Airport, tipplers will find bar stools instead of passenger seats behind the cockpit of a parked 1958 TWA prop plane. But this won’t be the first time a plane has been transformed into a pub. Among the growing number of aircraft and trains to be repurposed as bars or restaurants, these five are well worth boarding—no ticket required.

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