As the Emmert International Schnabel car passed through The Gateway, the train had to pause in order to shift the car three inches to clear the rock ledges. Each of the twenty axles had 30,000 lbs on them to distribute the weight for the descent through the notch.

Photographed by Ryan Fothergill, June 20, 2009.
Added to the photo archive by Ryan Fothergill, June 20, 2009.
Railroad: Conway Scenic.

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