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I grew up in Harrington Park, NJ, two houses east of the NYC West Shore line. Double track and commuter trains were the norm until 1959. Lightning striped RS3's on the commuter trains are a vivid memory, other NYC power is a little vague, but FM C-liners with their big headlights were a little spooky to me as a first grader walking to school. And I did see the Krauss-Maffei DRGW hydraulic demo set....that was my show-and-tell contribution that morning. <br /> <br />Three Erie lines were within short driving distance. Closest was the Northern Branch in Closter, NJ. A little farther in the other direction was the Pascack Valley Branch (or the New Jersey & New York). The Erie main line was a little farther away...my first intercity train ride started in Ridgewood, NJ in the spring of 1961 with my grandmother to visit relatives in Horseheads, NY. <br /> <br />
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