I told this story here before.
When I was young, my parents would take me to the downtown Main street Sears store right near the Falls. (You could hear the roar of the water outside).
They had a toy department with trains set up for Christmas. I remember seeing the Lionel F series Santa Fe units in red and silver streaking around the layout. I would always get in trouble for watching it too long. I would even sneak off to return to see it. I didn't seem to care about getting left behind!
My parents always said we "didn't have money like that to spend on toys".