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The Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (yes, the space in the name is correct since the corporation is still running under the original 1834 charter) was built to carry passengers to the seashore. It served the typical lineside customers of the era, but also served the brand-new Long Island Lighting Co power plant in Island Park, NY that received trainloads of coal. This steam-era representation models the Jazz Age with plenty of passenger trains, a wayfreight or two, and a coal train to power the new seashore hotels built in the Roaring 20s boom. There is also a parallel section that models the famous subterranean meatpacking terminal adjacent to Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn. This is switched by DD-1 electrics.
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