Page 70 Museum of Route 66 Lincoln Daily News June/July 2026 Las Angelas. This has been a challenge for the museum directors, as the miles of track needed for the display were backordered and there were numerous delays. The train is still a work in progress, but on Saturday there were a lot of the props that will be a part of the display in place so guests could get a hint of what is yet to come. Continuing on the next display is a depiction of Mark Cline’s Enchanted Castle Studios Workshop in natural Bridge Virginia, where he builds from scratch giant figures, over 20 of which are scattered around Route 66, including Lumi the Pie Lady at the Country Air Restaurant in Atlanta and the giant donut in the Mel-O-Cream parking lot in Lincoln. For this display, Cline also provided a fiberglass image of himself in his typical work garb. Cline is the creator of the giant penny that is outside the museum and has also written a comic book featuring many of the “giants” he has created, all racing to find the penny in Lincoln Illinois. Cline had copies of the comic book that he was handing out as well as signing for the recipients. Turning left from the workshop display, visitors can take a roundabout, viewing first the original bank vault where safe deposit boxes were housed in the days the building was a bank. Visitors can peer into the room and see a “gangster” depiction reminding them that Al Capone and others were very much invested in Route 66 back in the day because the highway was used to traffic illegal alcohol
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