Here's my late contribution, Arnold. I grew up in Copiague, NY, a small town on the south shore of Long Island. We lived a few blocks away from the Copiague train station for the LIRR, and I can recall the departing whistles of the passenger cars. When I was young, there was even a flagman who came out of a track-side shack to warn vehicles of the approaching train at the RR crossing (just like the Lionel 145 Gateman!), then came a crossing gate (like the 252), then the RR build an elevated railway along the route.
My intention is to model the elevated station (work in progress). I have an MTH Railking passenger consist, and a K-Line freight consist on a separate line. The freight consist includes several cars with local meaning: NY Yankees, Entenmann's bakery (makes best crumb cake on earth), Rheingold Beer, and Amityville farms (dairy in neighboring town; long gone). Hope the short video can be seen.
Lots of fun memories.
Michael
