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Train #171 crossing the Green River bridge.
Title:  Train #171 crossing the Green River bridge.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1984  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 8:26:08 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  235   Comments: 0
Train #171 heads up the hill from Lake Summit.
Title:  Train #171 heads up the hill from Lake Summit.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1984  Upload Date: 9/21/2013 8:27:34 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
NS #171 pulls the first cut of their train west on Saluda Siding, where they will leave it and go back for more of their train.
Title:  NS #171 pulls the first cut of their train west on Saluda Siding, where they will leave it and go back for more of their train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/12/1985  Upload Date: 10/20/2013 2:25:16 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  283   Comments: 0
The Grade
Title:  The Grade
Description:  Looking East down the grade at Stopboard #2...Note how shiny those rails are.....
Photo Date:  10/1/1985  Upload Date: 8/28/2005 10:39:07 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Brian Hill
Categories: 
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Views:  989   Comments: 3
Train #172 descending Saluda Grade, approaching Sand Cut.
Title:  Train #172 descending Saluda Grade, approaching Sand Cut.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 7:34:38 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  378   Comments: 0
The first section of a westbound approaches Saluda.
Title:  The first section of a westbound approaches Saluda.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 7:41:15 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  76   Comments: 0
The power for a westbound heads east down the grade to get the next section of their train.
Title:  The power for a westbound heads east down the grade to get the next section of their train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 7:42:40 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  178   Comments: 0
The end of the westbound passes through downtown Saluda.
Title:  The end of the westbound passes through downtown Saluda.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 7:45:42 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  173   Comments: 2
With their train back together, they head west to Asheville.
Title:  With their train back together, they head west to Asheville.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 7:46:49 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  119   Comments: 0
Train #172 eases through downtown Saluda coming up to the stop board.
Title:  Train #172 eases through downtown Saluda coming up to the stop board.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 7:33:40 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Downtown Saluda
Title:  Downtown Saluda
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2014 7:47:44 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories: 
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Views:  204   Comments: 0
Saluda NC
Title:  Saluda NC
Description:  Down grade from Saluda, arriving Melrose NC
Photo Date:  5/1/1986  Upload Date: 12/24/2014 1:32:18 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Ray Soderberg
Categories:  Action
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Views:  518   Comments: 1
NS Saluda NC
Title:  NS Saluda NC
Description:  Up Grade from Melrose to Saluda
Photo Date:  5/1/1986  Upload Date: 12/24/2014 1:37:57 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Ray Soderberg
Categories:  Action
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Views:  286   Comments: 1
Saluda NC
Title:  Saluda NC
Description:  Ready to go downhill with second cut of cars.
Photo Date:  10/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/6/2014 12:14:47 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Ray Soderberg
Categories:  Roster,Night
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Views:  322   Comments: 1
Along Main St in Saluda NC
Title:  Along Main St in Saluda NC
Description:  SR caboose passing downtown Saluda headed to Ashville, NC
Photo Date:  10/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/6/2014 12:19:37 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Ray Soderberg
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock
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Views:  275   Comments: 0
Saluda NC
Title:  Saluda NC
Description:  Going down 5% grade with retainers set on first dozen cars
Photo Date:  10/1/1986  Upload Date: 3/6/2014 12:10:11 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Ray Soderberg
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 6619(SD60)
Views:  1129   Comments: 1
The locomotives on a westbound descend Saluda Grade to get another part of their train.
Title:  The locomotives on a westbound descend Saluda Grade to get another part of their train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/15/1988  Upload Date: 12/5/2014 12:21:07 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  181   Comments: 0
A westbound empty coal train approaches the west end of Saluda siding.
Title:  A westbound empty coal train approaches the west end of Saluda siding.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/1989  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 12:18:49 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  129   Comments: 0
A westbound empty coal train starts across the Hwy 76 bridge west of Saluda.
Title:  A westbound empty coal train starts across the Hwy 76 bridge west of Saluda.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/1989  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 12:20:27 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
The radio units in a westbound empty coal train.
Title:  The radio units in a westbound empty coal train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/1989  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 12:21:54 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  200   Comments: 0
An eastbound eases through Saluda up to Stop Board #1.
Title:  An eastbound eases through Saluda up to Stop Board #1.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 12:07:58 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  199   Comments: 0
An eastbound easing on down to Stop Board #2.
Title:  An eastbound easing on down to Stop Board #2.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 12:09:10 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  95   Comments: 0
An eastbound rolling slowly down the grade.
Title:  An eastbound rolling slowly down the grade.
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1990  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 12:10:30 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  253   Comments: 1
Cresting Saluda
Title:  Cresting Saluda
Description:  In the late 1990's, a NS freight crests the Saluda Grade with a cut of cars enroute to Asheville, NC
Photo Date:  10/1/1991  Upload Date: 8/27/2005 2:12:26 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Brian Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8631(C39-8)
Views:  1731   Comments: 6
NS 8651 leads the first passenger excursion on Saluda Grade since the 1970s.
Title:  NS 8651 leads the first passenger excursion on Saluda Grade since the 1970s.
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/21/1992  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 6:44:48 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  216   Comments: 0
NS 8651 leads the first passenger excursion on Saluda Grade since the 1970s.
Title:  NS 8651 leads the first passenger excursion on Saluda Grade since the 1970s.
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/21/1992  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 6:46:17 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
NS 8651 leaves Saluda to Asheville with the first passenger excursion on Saluda Grade since the 1970s.
Title:  NS 8651 leaves Saluda to Asheville with the first passenger excursion on Saluda Grade since the 1970s.
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/21/1992  Upload Date: 7/10/2015 6:48:16 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  167   Comments: 0
The power from a westbound descends the grade for the next section of their train.
Title:  The power from a westbound descends the grade for the next section of their train.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/12/1994  Upload Date: 8/28/2015 6:48:29 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2502(SD70)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
The power for train #W77 pulls the first section of their train up Saluda Grade.
Title:  The power for train #W77 pulls the first section of their train up Saluda Grade.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/1994  Upload Date: 9/4/2015 6:38:57 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2519(SD70)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
Coal train #720 reaches Saluda, and starts down the grade at 8 mph.
Title:  Coal train #720 reaches Saluda, and starts down the grade at 8 mph.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/12/1994  Upload Date: 9/4/2015 6:41:14 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 6652(SD60)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
NS (Southern) 4610 leads the first section of a N&W 611 excursion up Saluda Grade. The 611 will follow with 5 cars.
Title:  NS (Southern) 4610 leads the first section of a N&W 611 excursion up Saluda Grade. The 611 will follow with 5 cars.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/1994  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 7:03:59 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  785   Comments: 0
NS (Southern) 4610 leads the first section of a N&W 611 excursion up Saluda Grade. The 611 will follow with 5 cars.
Title:  NS (Southern) 4610 leads the first section of a N&W 611 excursion up Saluda Grade. The 611 will follow with 5 cars.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/13/1994  Upload Date: 9/5/2015 7:05:01 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
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Views:  1136   Comments: 0
NS 4608
Title:  NS 4608
Description:  946 NB at Sand Cut
Photo Date:  6/15/1995  Upload Date: 1/3/2017 7:22:16 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 4608(GP59)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
NS 4608
Title:  NS 4608
Description:  946 NB at Sand Cut
Photo Date:  6/15/1995  Upload Date: 1/3/2017 7:23:18 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 4608(GP59)
Views:  297   Comments: 1
NS 8724
Title:  NS 8724
Description:  W77 NB
Photo Date:  6/15/1995  Upload Date: 12/20/2016 5:23:08 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8724(C40-8)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
NS 4608
Title:  NS 4608
Description:  946 NB
Photo Date:  6/16/1995  Upload Date: 12/24/2016 9:37:45 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 4608(GP59)
Views:  392   Comments: 2
About to crest the summit
Title:  About to crest the summit
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/1997  Upload Date: 12/15/2009 12:50:43 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8898(C40-9W)
Views:  942   Comments: 1
Heading down grade
Title:  Heading down grade
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/22/1997  Upload Date: 12/15/2009 12:46:21 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  437   Comments: 2
NS train #W78 is approaching Saluda for a run down the grade.
Title:  NS train #W78 is approaching Saluda for a run down the grade.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/13/1997  Upload Date: 9/22/2015 7:08:44 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9001(C40-9W)
Views:  470   Comments: 0
NS train #W78 arrives in Saluda for a run down the grade and on to Spartanburg.
Title:  NS train #W78 arrives in Saluda for a run down the grade and on to Spartanburg.
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/13/1997  Upload Date: 9/22/2015 7:10:23 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Jim Owens
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9001(C40-9W)
Views:  500   Comments: 0
Passing the Marker
Title:  Passing the Marker
Description:  A cut of cars passes the historical marker in Saluda marking the crest of the grade
Photo Date:  10/1/1999  Upload Date: 8/27/2005 2:19:18 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Brian Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8631(C39-8)
Views:  778   Comments: 1
Melrose Light
Title:  Melrose Light
Description:  Light engines return to Melrose to take another cut up the mountain
Photo Date:  10/1/1999  Upload Date: 8/27/2005 2:26:31 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Brian Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8803(C40-9)
Views:  1475   Comments: 1
Signage
Title:  Signage
Description:  The historical marker in Saluda "marks the spot".
Photo Date:  10/1/1999  Upload Date: 8/28/2005 10:43:11 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Brian Hill
Categories: 
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Views:  713   Comments: 1
Disabled crossing signals
Title:  Disabled crossing signals
Description:  Saluda is no longer a railroad town, as the rails that once made it famous have been dormant for half a decade now. The crossing signals that once protected Greenville Street are now bagged and partially dismantled.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:20:43 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
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Views:  1142   Comments: 3
Saluda Grade historical marker
Title:  Saluda Grade historical marker
Description:  North Carolina historical marker O73 tells only part of the story. The rails dropping down the hill east of here were legendary, but now they lie dormant.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:21:10 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
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Views:  671   Comments: 3
Stop Board No. 1
Title:  Stop Board No. 1
Description:  A pine tree blocks the passing siding just west of Stop Board No. 1 at Saluda. Trains would stop between here and Stop Board No. 2 toward the east end of the siding to turn up retainers before descending Saluda Grade.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:21:35 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
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Views:  1074   Comments: 2
Depot
Title:  Depot
Description:  Structure at the top of the legendary grade. Simple but charming.
Photo Date:  7/3/2005  Upload Date: 11/7/2007 8:52:34 AM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Danny Robie
Categories: 
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Views:  260   Comments: 1
The Saluda grade crest
Title:  The Saluda grade crest
Description:  This track has been abandoned by NS.
Photo Date:  5/17/2006  Upload Date: 5/18/2006 8:55:55 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
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Views:  403   Comments: 2
Part of the Saluda grade elevations now abandoned
Title:  Part of the Saluda grade elevations now abandoned
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/17/2006  Upload Date: 5/18/2006 8:55:55 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
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Views:  1118   Comments: 1
Abandoned siding
Title:  Abandoned siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/17/2006  Upload Date: 5/18/2006 8:55:54 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Darryl Hill
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  564   Comments: 2

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