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Overcoming Inertia

The greuling descent of the 2.2% Kicking Horse Pass grade comes to an end at the grade crossing at Field, BC, the crew change at the bottom of the "Big Hill." Train wreathed in brakeshoe smoke, the five SD40-2's are in full dynamic braking and full set on the train air to bring 8700 tons of train to a stop at 815am on August 20, 1982.

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Uploaded on December 3, 2017