The train was how countless farmers 'sons got to the "big city" of Taipei to study, work, or try their hand at business. Once successful, the train is what brought them back home on the holidays, arms weighed down with gifts for the family.
當年的農家子弟，有的出國留學，在異域生根；有的則留在台北做起小生意，攢了錢，買了房子，遇到假日，帶著打扮得漂漂亮亮的妻兒，拎著大包小包的禮物，乘著改良後舒適的列車，回到鄉間探視父母親。