The team talks about summer plans as they wrap up the podcast’s first season. Season 2 Episode 1 is scheduled to drop on 8 September 2025, so until then, have a safe summer and we’ll see you soon!

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Dennis, Eddie, and Sam interview Shawn Dyke, also known as Klawndykes, and talk T-Trak, more on tariffs, and much more.

Visit Klawndykes here: https://klawndyke.com/catalog/

Also! Send Shawn a note here and tell him you saw this video or listened to this podcast to get his bridge module!

https://klawndyke.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=contact_us

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Eddie and Sam interview Michael Small, the owner of YankeeDabbler and discuss the store's origins, the process of taking an eBay store to a brick-and-mortar location, tariffs, and much more.

Visit YankeeDabbler here: https://yankeedabbler.com/

See YankeeDabbler’s YouTube videos on Engineer Hall’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@engineerhall5887/videos

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Eddie, Dennis, and Sam interview Carlo Mastracci and talk about his Youtube Channel and Layout, The Allegheny Northern in N Scale.

Find Carlo’s content here: https://www.youtube.com/@AlleghenyNorthern

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Eddie, Dennis, and Matt interview Paul Stamp of “Paul Stamp’s Finger Lakes Railway” and Assistant Superintendent of the Lakeshores Division of the NMRA.

Find Paul’s content here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc0l6HH0o3kh_SP4A6Lwgew

Learn More about the National Model Railroad Association and The Lakeshores Division of the NMRA here:

https://www.nmra.org/

https://lakeshoresnmra.org/

Model Train People is an online community spanning the U.S., Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia (yes, I forgot to mention Canada in the episode, sorry!)

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Eddie, Dennis, Bart, and Sam interview Jeff Valentine from the YouTube Channel “El Jefe N Scale Trains”.

Find Jeff’s content here: https://www.youtube.com/@ElJefeNScale-dj2wt

Thank you to the following people and content creators for helping us raise $1025 toward the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and making “Trainathon 2025” a success!

Dennis Colucci (N Scale Train Boy) https://www.youtube.com/c/NScaleTrainBoy

Billy and Danny Brown (Rail Bros) https://www.rail-brothers.com/

Paul Stamp (Paul Stamp’s Finger Lakes Railway) https://www.youtube.com/@FGLKPaul

Sam Dickenson (The Cellphone Railfan) https://www.youtube.com/@TheCellphoneRailfan

Ian Miller https://www.tiktok.com/@ianmiller541

Nick Raymer https://www.tiktok.com/@mononmodeler1992

Dylan Shultz https://www.instagram.com/santa_fe_models/

Bart Brinkman

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Eddie, Dennis, and special guest Sam Dickenson talk about layout lore, and how a good backstory builds the authenticity of any freelance or protolance model railroad.

Follow this link to our GoFundMe for our “Train-a-Thon” Charity Event. All proceeds go to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

https://gofund.me/fcfc1fee3

Check out Sam at the following links!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvF7ZzHB1iqvdo46UQfqGSw

https://www.deviantart.com/sd80macfan/posts

Check out Titusville Tabletop Games, where we're hosting our next meetup on Feb 22 here athttps://www.titusvilletabletopgames.com/

Check out Dennis' Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/NScaleTrainBoy

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Eddie and Dennis discuss the 2025 Railroad Hobby Show in Springfield, MA, and Eddie rants about organizational challenges in the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA).

Check out Titusville Tabletop Games, where we're hosting our next meetup on Feb 22 here at https://www.titusvilletabletopgames.com/

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