Watch Norfolk Southern trains going up and down Saluda Grade with a BONUS at the end!!
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@fazthatcoyote2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading this. I was born after the grade shut down, and growing up in Spartanburg, it has been a area of keen interest. Any video I can find of operations over the grade are priceless to me. Thank you so much!
@bnrailfannz82622 жыл бұрын
👍 That Southern paint scheme 👍Those C39-8's? That boxy look, real U-Boats, that great U Boat sound 👍Long hood running! Yes! Thanks for this great video
@dff197075 ай бұрын
I chased trains up and down the grade at Saluda on a railfanning trip in the spring of 1994. This is exactly how I remember it. Thanks for sharing!
@andrewjdann84972 жыл бұрын
This is cool seeing trains form the 1990 in 2022 grate video
@d.burdett22328 ай бұрын
Great video! I was at Saluda around the 4th of July and went down to the bottom of the grade to see the current condition. It was completely overgrown with weeds, and trees are starting to come up on the grade. If you put enough bug spray on, and bring a machete, you can get to the old concrete phone box that you see across from the switch to the escape track. Back in the day, Southern railroad had a special engineer that would post at the phone box to guide locomotives up and down the grade safely.
@anb7402 жыл бұрын
You know the grade is tough when a single engine can only handle five cars uphill in notch 8.
@coromark6 ай бұрын
And a decently powerful one at that. It's a C39-8, rated for 3900 hp
@flarrfan2 жыл бұрын
Looks like you've been up and down Pearson's Falls Rd. a few times...me too. Love the pictures. I doubt those rusty rails will ever see a train again. :(
@MASTERCHIEF10622 жыл бұрын
dito, and those wash outs are getting worse sadly to say, it'd take a full overhaul of the line to bring it back into shape.
@ljones1212 жыл бұрын
@@MASTERCHIEF1062 I wouldn't say never. NS held onto the grade for a reason. Yea it would be expensive but not impossible it's sort of like union pacific and Tennessee pass if economics dictate it they'll throw money at it
@MASTERCHIEF10622 жыл бұрын
@@ljones121 maybe.
@anb74089 ай бұрын
16 miles of this line, including the grade, has been sold to a rails-trails nonprofit consortium. Saluda Grade in its rail form is sadly finished.
@coromark6 ай бұрын
@@anb7408unfortunate, but ultimately understandable
@nicholaschard71432 жыл бұрын
Thank you! For the great video and slide show.
@patriotfatherof9597 Жыл бұрын
imagine the pressure on the couplings in the front
@Nethanel773 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this up.
@brianbooher73182 жыл бұрын
Awsome
@slymjim6112 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, this is an awesome video. I've seen several trains on Saluda but never caught a radio controlled car with mid train helpers climbing the grade. Do you know if the train with 4 engines was a power mover or if the crew died on the law & they sent another crew with 2 engines to finish the run. I actually witnessed that seneriro once at melrose.
@BlueRailz2 жыл бұрын
You sir, earned a notification.
@560productions72 жыл бұрын
What does that mean?
@BlueRailz2 жыл бұрын
@@560productions7 apparently there's a "Bell-like" icon. But, if you click it, you can be notified when someone post a new video.
@daveskinner51312 жыл бұрын
And a train of Silversides!
@thelnner67652 жыл бұрын
isnt that mid train unit one of the first examples of a dpu
@brianbooher73182 жыл бұрын
It in all reality is but it's a remote controlled unit like a rc car if you notice the radio units always have a box car directly in front or behind that holds all the radio equipment the dpu units im not entirely sure about bit they are setup from factory to be used as dpu I think it just plug an play basically. I've always wondered what the differences in them were tho an hope to learn more
@BuckeyeNationRailroader2 жыл бұрын
Please tell me you have more of this footage
@smgeisler2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don't
@unionpacifictrain3 ай бұрын
They wasted so much equipment when they abandoned this line. What a terrible waste.
@maddigger00742 жыл бұрын
There is nothing more annoying than someone standing next to a camera taking pictures. Other than that nice video