Photography by Ron Karr
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A westbound Conrail freight climbs Washington summit in the heart of the Berkshires, July 25, 1992. The tracks here are more than 1400 feet above sea level. Construction in 1841 removed 100,000 cubic yards of rock here, lowering the grade 55 feet.

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