A string of Walther's R-22 Subway cars arrives the the Dyckman Street Station. It is coming off of the elevated tracks from the Bronx and will dart into the subway running under Washington Heights.
The third rail is non-functional, but then so are the power collection shoes on the model. The third rail is represented by a strip of 1/8" x 1/8" square of strip wood painted brown on top to represent the protection board, and black on the sides to represent the shadow under the protection board, It rests on glass beads purchased at Walmart which adequately represent the insulated seats that the third rail sets on.
The platform is made of fiberglass roofers insulation trimmed and shaped on a table saw.