Officer Silfies comes to the aid of a stranded motorist while a PC local rumbles by in the background. (There’s a Toys R Us boxcar in the consist because I don’t wanna grow up.)

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The mailman picks up the day’s mail at the post office as a Penn Central commuter train passes the Lower Main St crossing. Doodleburg’s zip code is my parents’ wedding date (December 6, 1975).

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A little Penn Central action at Collier Interlocking. A tanker train waits in the siding for a commuter train to clear the line before it can proceed. (In my alternate universe, passenger trains have priority.)

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Class at John Adams Elementary gets momentarily disrupted as #6039 whistles for the adjacent crossing, making all the kids rush to the window to watch the train go by (much to the consternation of their teacher).

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The mailman stops at 7-Eleven for a coffee as SD35 #6039, four grimy tankers, and cabin car-turned-shoving platform #4930 crawl across Upper Main St, probably headed for the nearby refinery.

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Looks like the old overgrown barn I have on my model train layout.

U33C #6541 rumbles past Doodleburg’s tiny station house with a short freight train. (A vintage Toys R Us boxcar, a relic from my childhood train collection, is bringing up the rear because I don’t want to grow up.)

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I have an old overgrown barn on my layout too. Here, a group of deer are unbothered by a passing PC commuter train.