00:00He set tall posts into the ground and laid a wooden bar on top to form the track.
00:05Next, he soaked the plywood until it was soft, then curved it around the corners,
00:10looping the track 300 feet around his backyard.
00:14Then he added a small train, powered by an electric motor and two motorcycle batteries.
00:20You see, as a boy, he begged his father to build a monorail, but his father refused.
00:25Decades later, he bought a house with a yard big enough, and his wife agreed, as long as she was
00:32allowed to get a dog.
00:33So after five years of building, he finally rode the train he had always wanted.
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