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Re: Car storage
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 06-22-2020 - 11:01

midway Wrote:
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> Can cars be stored on a grade? I don't know how
> car brakes work so I don't know what keeps the
> cars from rolling down the hill. Thanks.

Back in the 1980's, SP stored several hundred cars on the main track of the line on the east side of Altamont Pass, which was out-of-service at the time. They were secured with hand brakes.

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