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Podcast: Crain's Conversations
Episode: The Build Up with Rainy Hamilton Jr
Description: Rainy Hamilton Jr., is captivated by trains — so much so that he has transformed the basement of his English Tudor home in Detroit's University District to make room for a massive model train setup.Trains are colorful, he says. They move people and goods. And they are always going somewhere."I'm tempted to actually write a song or a poem in terms of what is the attraction to model railroading," he said. "People that know me have come to listen to the sound of the train whistle..."Hamilton's career is definitely on track th...