Would it be able to handle the California Zephyr or Caltrain?


wumpus Wrote:
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> Also there was a fairly steep grade westbound from
> the toll plaza up to the tunnel througn Yerba
> Buena Island and the suspension portion of the
> bridge. Electric passenger trains could handle
> that grade, but heavy freight trains would have
> had trouble.
>
> In San Francisco, the Bridge Railway did not drop
> down to street level, it was on the second story
> above ground level in the Transbay Terminal. A
> long fill or viaduct would have been required to
> bring a freight railroad down to ground level.
> Either of these structures would have required
> condemnation of lots of property close to downtown
> San Francisco.