@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Arnold - here is a photo of the Lionel New York Central Passenger/Freight Service Station Set from 1994 (I think). So, Lionel answered one of your questions almost 30 years ago. I swapped out the original Lionel RS3, and passenger cars for an MTH RK NYC RS3, and a pair of RK NYC Madison cars. Lionel also produced an additional 4 car set of passenger cars, and a Lightning Stripe Bay Window caboose to go with this set.
Just because a toy company does something it's hardly "answering a question" concerning prototypical equipment usage.