Union Pacific Locomotive #119 and Central Pacific Locomotive #60 ...

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g£$g& of t&a railroad tasaek at Proadatory Staamlt Is
practically le^i for the 1 Kile sectios it is proposed td restore.
2fce track for tMs distance vould be rebuilt, accor&iag to present
interpretive plaaaing, with approximately half of it to t!ue ^est of
the locomotive seating point, yepreiSeatiag Central Pacific track,
aacE half of it to W& 4ast, rspreseiitiag Ufeioa Ifecific track.
Approxiiaately balf a mile ^ i of'the Solifeft Spike sitealbsr
ridge of the Soutli ProKdmtory Eaage cuts off vistr of ttoa
^ay,ifeicli swings in a geiitle curve acwtbwesttfarS ifroa thd Siaamit
and Golden Spiles site. l!fae roSKSbe4 and rails shouldftie restored
to thie poiat. Eastward frtaa the S^ffiBBit ^ite, tlie ri^ii-df-*fay and
track -would be In vlev for a greater distance 3 but Mlf a mile
s&otild be adeqtiate to carry the tracfe about as £w %& t^s eye vill
he able to sse it reasonably well.
The roadbed will be of a primitive type. There should be
only shallow ditch oa either side—fast enough to serfcpe up
to form & lot* roadbed. This roadbed will "be uarrov, just
to carry the ties &nd the standard gaug& rails of h feet
B| inches,. 2fee roaobed will not, oa average* be- more thaa a foot
or two in elevation ^d^