“Rails” featured on “What’s Neat” podcast with Ken Patterson
Yours truly was a guest on “What’s Neat This Week” with Ken Patterson, a weekly model railroading podcast sponsored by Athearn and Bachmann. My appearance begins around the 7:25 mark.
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