The big store set ups were gone by the time I came into the world. but the train shows around the holiday that my dad and I went to were much better than we have today. Wall to wall people(major anxiety issue with that for me) but the layouts and the trains were magical. I lived in Erie, PA for awhile, Kraynaks down in Hermitage PA still puts on quite the xmas tree display and sometimes a train is under one. along with carrying a nice selection of trains, toys ect. Next best thing is Mr Muffins trains just south of me in Atlanta, IN if one wants to see a massive train display. I do wish I could fire up the way back machine to those window layouts of Higbees and so forth, like the one at the beginning of A Christmas Story. Ralphie might have been staring at the BB gun, but was the Lionel trains that had my attention. I always wanted to rewrite that movie to be about the trains and not the darn gun. Great memories, keep the vintage pictures coming! Mike the Aspie
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