Neil Young is best known for his music, but he also has a lesser known passion: model train sets. His two sons were both born with cerebral palsy and in Ben's case, it rendered him quadriplegic and nonverbal. Neil extensively modified his vintage trains, adapting the controls to suit Ben's abilities. In recent years, Neil has begun to sell off his vast model train collection. He's donating the proceeds to the Bridge School to help other kids like Ben. This train will never run me down, but only take me where I'm bound. It's part of me and part of you. I'll always be a part ofYou.
Funiculars are great, which is why the main image from our previous train episode featured one -- except we didn't actually talk about that one during the show. It's a cable car from Wellington, and as it turns out it's one of hundreds of funiculars in this city. Roman and Kurt are back with another series of railroad tales. All aboard!
Train Set: Track Two