... as "the world's largest airport on the shore of Eastchester Creek." Residents of the neighboring Village of Pelham Manor, understandably, did not like the idea of an airport in their backyard; although the village was located in Westchester County, ...
For years after the New Haven Branch Line stopped running passenger service at the beautiful little Pelham Manor Depot designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert, a model railroad club used the station. The Westchester Model Club, Inc. built a massive model railroad that even included a tiny replica of the very Pelham Manor Depot within which the model railroad sat.