well the lift hill motor is at the bottom of the lift hill, basically almost inside the station.
I personally think that pic is a product of shadows, however if it looks red and rusty, they could have been doing some welding on the lift hill perhaps, I don't know what SFGAm uses, but a lot of primers are red, almost a rust color. Generally after you weld you spray it with primer so it doesn't oxidize and you can paint it up a lot better. I would think for the most part lift hill track wouldn't be under enough stress to really be subject to major cracking, but I guess you never know.
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