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Orange
Special Wreck
- This wreck was due, in part, to the steep
1.6% grade or 85 feet of rise per mile. On the
entire transcontinental route, only a short
section of track near the summit of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains was steeper. All freight trains
and many long passenger trains required at least
one helper locomotive to assist them both up and
down the Promontory.
- If you would like to read the first hand
account of the Orange
Special Wreck written by Pappy Clay go to
Education and Research then Oral Histories or
hit the link in this sentence.
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