That's impressive!
My grandmother took 2 or 3 of her kids, on her own, on the train from London to southern Italy a couple of times a year with the same kind of stoicism as people take the bus into town these days. They were built different
Taking the train to southern Italy a couple of times a year sounds like both a great adventure and a great privilege.
My mother took us(four kids) on the train from CA to FL (and back) a couple times.
It is a fond memory now, but looking back on it, A 3-day (most of it in Texas) 2000 mile journey with four children in coach.... The woman was a saint.