The recent "Your first train set" thread produced a lot of interesting stories. I'd like to add to that with a discussion of your parents' first train set. How many still have their fathers' or mothers' first trains?
I just realized that I don't have any pictures of my mother's set (I'll work on that), but here's a shot of Dad's Lionel 252 and its accompanying passenger cars. They required a good bit of restoration work to get them going after they came into my care, but they're fully functional today:
