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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 756754" data-attributes="member: 10543">In a case of serendipity, I found Blue Ridge Southern working the most distant extremity of their line yesterday, once NS's to Saluda, NC and the famous grade, once the steepest mainline grade in the U.S. and now out of service.&nbsp; I'd taken a shortcut, expecting to see the usual cuts of stored empty woodchip hoppers, but instead found a BLU crew gathering them up! BLU's track ownership does not extend to Saluda, stopping short about ten miles or so from the Grade. I'd not seen a train on this rarely-used line in nearly 20 years, so felt greatly blessed to have seen this, especially in daylight.Most of the automated grade crossings are out of service.[ATTACH]354567[/ATTACH][ATTACH]354568[/ATTACH][ATTACH]354569[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 756754, member: 10543"] [FONT=Verdana]In a case of serendipity, I found Blue Ridge Southern working the most distant extremity of their line yesterday, once NS's to Saluda, NC and the famous grade, once the steepest mainline grade in the U.S. and now out of service. I'd taken a shortcut, expecting to see the usual cuts of stored empty woodchip hoppers, but instead found a BLU crew gathering them up! BLU's track ownership does not extend to Saluda, stopping short about ten miles or so from the Grade. I'd not seen a train on this rarely-used line in nearly 20 years, so felt greatly blessed to have seen this, especially in daylight. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Most of the automated grade crossings are out of service. [/FONT][ATTACH=CONFIG]354567._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]354568._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]354569._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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