Gravel For Ballast

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You are driving on a roadbed built of gravel "borrowed" from the larger excavation on your left. Routine railroad maintenance regularly required new ballast or loose rocks that held ties in place and provided for drainage. Sources like this were of considerable importance to the railroads.

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Gravel road through green, yellow and brown sagebrush landscapes. Low lying mountain range in distance.

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You are driving on a roadbed built of gravel "borrowed" from the larger excavation on your left. Routine railroad maintenance regularly required new ballast or loose rocks that held ties in place and provided for drainage. Sources like this were of considerable importance to the railroads.

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04/12/2025

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