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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 115964" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>Here's one taken at Melrose, NC in 1986 on what was the steepest standard gauge railroad grade in the U.S. on Saluda Mountain in western NC. Nikon N2020 on K-64. Again, sorry about the lousy scan quality. You can see a portion of the grade in this photo. I'm standing on the "escape track" which was provided for trains that came downgrade at excessive speed. There was a timing circuit in place to calculate the speed of descending trains. If all was well, the turnout moved to the main track. Sadly, Norfolk Southern since quit service on this line, though they have left the track structure in place if it's needed again some day. It was a very expensive line to operate, so trains now run east of Asheville via Old Fort, NC.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]27559[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 115964, member: 10543"] Here's one taken at Melrose, NC in 1986 on what was the steepest standard gauge railroad grade in the U.S. on Saluda Mountain in western NC. Nikon N2020 on K-64. Again, sorry about the lousy scan quality. You can see a portion of the grade in this photo. I'm standing on the "escape track" which was provided for trains that came downgrade at excessive speed. There was a timing circuit in place to calculate the speed of descending trains. If all was well, the turnout moved to the main track. Sadly, Norfolk Southern since quit service on this line, though they have left the track structure in place if it's needed again some day. It was a very expensive line to operate, so trains now run east of Asheville via Old Fort, NC. [ATTACH=CONFIG]27559._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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