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mn9driver

(4,618 posts)
7. It's a railroad bridge.
Mon Jan 10, 2022, 09:35 PM
Jan 2022

I don’t know what the maximum grade is for the trains that use it, but it would involve replacing a lot of track and raising the rail bed way out on both sides of the bridge.

Wiping out a few trucks every month is probably cheaper.

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