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» November 03, 2009 |
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| Remarks & Notes |
| High in the Cascade Mountains on Union Pacific’s Cascade Subdivision, the Amtrak Coast Starlight train 14 gingerly snakes its way down the 1.7% grade at 20 mph through ‘the slide’ at Fields.
Railroad workers have been forced to move this stretch of rails a handful of times because it is notorious for sliding down the mountain. Cinder ballast is used here for its exceptional interlocking qualities.
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