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Mikel Levine says of his work on the TwentyMile bridge, "I have completed all of the spans. I am currently creating the cross members to tie the spans together vertically. Here are the completed spans." |
Here is the jig I am using to make the vertical cross pieces between the spans. 140 are required. |
Finally, a trimmed vertical support. |
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The safety net LJ built through Tunnel subdivision caught its first casualty this week. A gondola broke loose from the end of the train and toppled to the floor. Not! The safety net worked as designed, caught the falling car and prevented the collection of pieces and eventual repair. |
John decided to suspend train night due to the governor's "stay at home" decreed due to the coronavirus. This did not stop he and Terry from doing a "lite" version of train night.
Using table saw and hot wire John cut a piece of foam board for the straight yard run at Usibelli Coal Mine. |
Terry experiments with a kitchen knife to cut foam board only to achieve less than desirable results. Using a three foot metal level to guide the hot wire she produces two nicely fitting pieces of foam board at the main Whittier yard switch. |
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Several months ago John began gathering a few of his favorite Alaska Railroad collectables to display in the train room. Taking up hammer and nail Terry begins hanging them at various spots around the room. |
Terry creates a small wall display (left to right): Panoramas article on Super Fan John, steam locomotive jigsaw puzzle from daughter Anne and husband Nick, actual ARR no trespassing sign, melted crayon picture from daughter Laura and ARR painting by watercolor artist Shannon Cartwright. |
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