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Re: Car storage
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 06-22-2020 - 11:07

OPRRMS Wrote:
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> midway Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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.

For those unfamiliar with the line, the main track in the area where the cars were stored was on a 1% grade.

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