I am so glad I posted this thread. It has been a delight to me to read all the things you all have said.
I hope to see a lot more postings.
We were pretty resilient, weren't we?
I remember walking the railroad tracks to get many places. We knew the train schedules, the comings and goings of them. One day we got quite the surprise when we were in the middle of a very long trestle and no time to go back, nor forward. We climbed down the beams and held on for dear life as the train roared and rumbled over us. I was so scared that day I refused to cross any trestle for a long time afterwards.
We also used to put pennies and nickles on the rails and go search for the flattened thing after the train passed.
What a life!
LOL