Stewart...Spectacular fb coverage of Operation Turntable, complete with 40 cheering observers! Many thanks. Can't wait for the first official spin.
Its obvious the desire is to get it into service ASAP, satisfying those craftsmen who built and are installing it, as well as WW&F staff and us appreciative "away" observers, the final, dramatic chapter in its awaited arrival.
2016 FWW will undoubtedly go down as the most productive ever.
A couple things...
*Has anyone contacted Trains and Railroad And Railfan mags with info of this very rare occurrence of US turntable construction these days, particularly involving unique-to-most, two-foot gauge Maine railroading?
*Also, a suggestion to prevent future turntable damage, particularly to the stem wall casters...carefully level the entire "pit" area under the bridge's reach, fill it with a shallow "lift" of ballast or gravel, then stake, with rebar, a two or three-tie-high retaining wall around the 'table's perimeter, which will also serve as a low "fence", and help prevent soil rundown onto the ballast, such as been done at other 'tables.
*Even though I expected the car barn's new color to match the restroom and garage buildings' gray, it looks terrific, and is now a twin of the shop building. Congrats to hardworking Annie and helpers.
Any reason they apparently did not finish the west wall?
