Last updated: May 16, 2025
Place
#8 Gravel for Ballast

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Quick Facts
Location:
golden spike national historical park
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 For Ballast
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.
- Date created:
- 04/12/2025