mook Wrote:
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> Nice picture. And thanks for following and
> reporting on the project!
>
> Looks like the new trestle is still an S-curve;
> just perhaps not as sharp. And is that a 7-car
> trains with a single locomotive, on a line with
> actual hills? Somebody should mention the
> possibility to Caltrain. (Yes, I know, the
> Caltrain train length problem is also a function
> of station platform length.)

The new bridge only has a single curve. But, just off the bridge one the east end (where I'm standing for the photo), is another curve. The new design just stretched the s curve off of the bridge.

Yep, one locomotive 7 cars and grades in excess of 2%.