Most model railroaders are rigorous about the internal consistency of their railcars and related equipment. For the maximum "gee, wow" effect, however, on occasion they mix and match scenery from very different settings.
According to the hobby company that supplied it, the animated Maxwell House billboard seen here is meant to evoke the New Jersey original. On the Hoboken skyline the sign stood alone, in a bleakly industrial context, but in this HO-scale display, the building is closely flanked by bowling lanes and a mozzarella factory on one side and a Domino Sugar warehouse on the other.
"Maxwell House Coffee, Good to the Last Drop!"
Grand Centennial Parade of Trains
Grand Central Terminal, 87 East 42nd St. (at Park Ave.), Manhattan
www.GrandCentralTerminal.com/centennial/event.cfm?eventid=2145406609
(This 2013 event, in celebration of the terminal's 100th anniversary, was held on May 11 and 12)