By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; June 19, 2019
They were hard to miss. In the second-to-last-car of the 7:49 a.m. train out of Oceanside, “The Train Girls,” as they called themselves, could easily take up both a four-seater and the adjacent five-seater — and often would spill to a few other rows as well.
As others joined the commuting ranks along the Long Island Rail Road’s Long Beach line, the group grew — eventually including about a dozen women. Over more than 25 years, the Train Girls provided the onboard entertainment for some commuters. For others, they were the reason to move to a different train car.