Steve - This location baffles me...I will at least narrow it down somewhat taking note to the steam train and
third rail present it is the Montauk Branch somewhere east of Freeport and west of Babylon - or it could be the
Main Line in the New Hyde Park area making the most sense to me being electrified in the 1930s...
This looks to be a westbound train with the telegraph pole line on the south side and electric transmission
lines on the north side of this double track route with a siding beginning at the pictured grade crossing...
The sign name on the visible lineside store could offer a further clue - if it was more readable and not partially
blocked by the pole in the photo...Enlarging this picture on my device offers me nothing extra in this instance...
A further tip-off is a then-moderately developed area outside of a downtown core on these two LIRR routes...
For all we know what existed then is now long gone today other then the right of way...MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS