Once upon a time. Way back when kids played together I was born in Toledo Oh. Railroad tracks ran every which way. Watching trains and walking the tracks seemed like part of me. So NO dad didn't do it but my parents supported my love for trains. Being poor folk I only got gifts at Christmas or birthday but loved them all.
In those days passenger trains ran FAST, I get a kick watching our club members run theirs at a scale 35 MPH. That's not the way it was.
Jim 1939