My dad was a Canadian National hogger back in the 40s 50s and was able to get free passes for our family. My grandfather had some type of trailer on a few acres in Florida and My Mom, sister and myself made the trip to Florida rail stating in Toronto and eventually Tampa . I was 7 or 8 and can't remember much except going through the tunnel at Sarnia, Chattanooga, and Jacksonville and eventually Tampa . I have no idea what crack passenger train we were on although silver meteor rings a bell. Quite a ride and we did have a bed room on some parts of the trip. Sometimes the railway take you parts of a city or country that you\d have to see to believe. Favourite part for me was riding in Observation car with an unlimited supply of potato chips and coke supplied by fellow passengers.
We drove home with my Grandfather and saw the prison gangs working on the highways. It's a long drive but my grandfather had purchased 6 pieces of Gargraves flex track someplace in Tampa that we smuggled over the border.
