[LadyX]

I surely identify with your memories of traveling on trains with little ones in the 50's!
Mine go back farther than that, though, living on the East Coast of Florida with its railway going up North.
When I was small, my sisters and I went by train from Miami to South Carolina in the summer to visit her parents and siblings...side trips by car to Myrtle Beach with them.

Most memorable was the trip from Miami to Seneca, SC to stay 8 weeks at Camp Jocassee in the mountains.
It was 1943 and wartime, and of course military personnel were given the seats, and civilians sat wherever they could; usually in the aisle on a suitcase or the floor.
Our party of 8 little girls and 2 adults, however, made the whole trip in the Ladies' Room!
Never thought to complain or feel deprived!
WAR EFFORT RULED!!

We took food in brown bags with us to save having to go to the (expensive, crowded) dining room, and losing our precious perch..:))

Several other times I went by train to Miami to visit my older married sister in the 40's, before her husbamnd died - up to SC in the 50's/60's to visit both sisters, who'd married (Anne, again) and lived there.

The problem was in those days one *HAD* to dress like a lady -
hose, heels, HAT, gloves, etc.!! A real pain..:))
That went for Greyhound bus trips, too...and of course there was no air conditioning on either to make travel 'pleasant!'
LOL

[MEG33]

Zac's Mom just posted this prayer /music tribute to our troops on the Canteen. She just finished it..It takes a moment to start and you scroll down.. Turn up the speakers..This is so moving to me.
May It Be An Evening Star