The river flows...

[Kiwi]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I was born in '49, grew up with three rail lines running through my backyard. In the '50's in Summer we kids would climb the cherry tree along the back fence and eat cherries. The closest trains were only six feet away; the trainsmen would see us from a ways off and laugh and wave. The people in the passenger car could only see us for a second. We'd smile & wave, knowing they couldn't react quick enough to reply. Fun times.

I also grew up by a train line.
Not Cherries but stone fruit: peaches, plums, nectarines grew along the rail line - because
In those days the passenger car windows opened and the passengers threw the fruit stones out the window in sufficient quantities that some grew

Lots of free fruit for kids