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John's daughter Anne created these Alaska Railroad pins. When first time visitors successfully run a train, they will be promoted to engineer and awarded a pin. |
Terry continued work on the table skirts. She spent lots of time hemming them on her sewing machine and by hand as well. |
Once the skirt was complete, she used a staple gun to mount them to the L-girder bench work. |
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| This week she finished three sections. This section runs from the mountain to the end of the North Pole Refinery. |
The next section runs through the double track section. Boxes stored below need to be turned 90 degrees so as to not bow out the curtains. |
The third section made the turn into Alaska Marine Lines (AML). All that remains is the section from AML to the Anchorage Depot. What awesome work Terry! |
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Rick continued to work on derailments on the track gaps north of AML. On the inner rail of the section south of the gap, he discovered the rail was higher than the inner section north of the gap. He used a Dremel grinder to reduce the height and then finished the rail with a file on top and a triangular file on the inner edge. |
Two McKinley Explorer Ultradomes returned from the Eppley Shops. One had a coupler replacement on one end and the other railcar had a coupler height adjustment. |
Video: All Ultradomes passed over the eastern end of the swing gate without an issue. However, there was a pull apart of one of the McKinley Explorer railcars in front of the Whittier Depot. |
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| Video: Rick used a height gauge on the railcar along various positions of the increased grade. Indeed the coupler dropped low while climbing the grade. |
Video: Rick rotated the railcar 180 degrees and found there wasn't a pull apart. This was due to the epoxy posts he added to the top and bottom of the coupler. Watch the coupler height change in this close up video. |
The Princess railcar Sanford was experiencing derailments. Rick discovered the wheels were out of gauge. |
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| Rick made this tool to change the distance between wheels. By turning the screw, the width can be increased or decreased. Rick also discovered one of the Sanford's axles was too short and replaced it. |
Video: F7A #1500 and F7B #1517 pull a freight down the grade at TwentyMile. Running trains is what it is all about! |
Rick made several suggestion for adding new stub tracks off the Anchorage yard. These three proposed stubs are shown in thick red lines. Decisions for where to add stubs will be finalized next train night. |
