Randy, what you shared regarding your mom sure struck a chord with me.
Like you and your mom, I took trains with my mom to visit the World's Fair in NY, to go shopping in NY City (including seeing the gorgeous train layouts at Macy's), and on our shopping excursions, we often stopped at the Horn & Hardart Automat.
What fun it was to go to the Automat, drop a few quarters in the slot and open the little glass door to get the delicious beef pot pie. Never had a better beef pot pie in my life than what they had at the Automat.
And, like your mom, mine was into steam engines, freight cars (particularly operating cars) and Plasticville (the church, barn, split level house and Cape Cod house).
Like you, I got my 1st train set in 1954.
We are so blessed to have such fond memories.
Arnold
