An eastbound train stops to prepare for the descent of Saluda mountain.

NS SD40-2 #3325 leads two other EMDs off of the famous Saluda grade at Melrose, NC || January 1988

Southern Ts-1 class Mountain 1490 is serviced at Asheville in 1939. The USRA-design Light 4-8-2s worked passenger trains in both directions, via the Knoxville Division to and from Knoxville, and a... (more)

A trio of NS SD60s lead a loaded coal train off of the grade at Saluda, February 1989.

Unassisted the great old symbol of the the best rail in the eastern US attacks the steepest mainline grade in America on a great day when Carl and Bob Lehman met me to photograph the spectacle. T... (more)

Three NS SD40-2's head light back down Saluda to pick up another cut of cars of its train before continuing west.

Southern SD45 #3167 brings a mixed reight off of the famous Saluda grade leaving behind a cloud of brake smoke.

Three NS SD40-2's have just brought the first cut of three sections of its train to the peak of Saluda.After setting the cars off the power will back down the hill for the rest of its train.

611's last trip up Saluda Mountain.

A few minutes west of Saluda, eastbound W78 crosses Summit Lake on a picturesque June morning. Please click on W78 to see a few other shots of this train on Saluda Grade.

NS 611 has just conquered the 4.7% Saluda Grade and is heading out across Summit Lake on the way to Asheville. The end of the NS steam program is less than a month away!

I can't help but be impressed by the skill required to safely move a train down Saluda Grade.

A Southern manifest grinds it up the grade at Saluda, North Carolina with a trio of SD-35s.

GP9 #298 (build 1955) leads five F-units near Saluda, NC.