cresting-saluda-gradehttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/cresting-saluda-grade/Cresting Saluda Grade | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20110517.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-062011-05-1943578
Southern Railway FP7 6141 and an F3 roar uphill into the hamlet of Saluda, N.C., top of famous 4.7-percent Saluda Grade, with the Charleston, S.C.–Cincinnati Carolina Special in the early 1950s. Linn H. Westcott photo