Retro00064
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Nice photograph. 
Regards.
Regards.
Dips in track
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No,it is because it happen to be built years ago.
cascaderailroad
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In the US ... Railroads are a private corporation ... They can, and do, what they please, just short of breaking the laws ... just to get the job done, and make a profit at the lowest cost with the least, or no maintenance at all.
True ... The majority of our track is not Class V ... but 60+ trains daily make it over that the East/West Slope, 37 mile hump, up and over the Allegheny Front Range today.
In the earlly 1900's over 300 trains daily made it up and over that hump, and bump of trackage that was constantly regauged and maintained by an army of MOW crews.
I have just receintly realized that track conforms to the topography of the land, and most RR lines are not, straight, level, have even semetrical gradients, nor are flat at all ... but are a series of steps.
True ... The majority of our track is not Class V ... but 60+ trains daily make it over that the East/West Slope, 37 mile hump, up and over the Allegheny Front Range today.
In the earlly 1900's over 300 trains daily made it up and over that hump, and bump of trackage that was constantly regauged and maintained by an army of MOW crews.
I have just receintly realized that track conforms to the topography of the land, and most RR lines are not, straight, level, have even semetrical gradients, nor are flat at all ... but are a series of steps.
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