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Saluda in the rain

By Angela Cotey | February 21, 2022

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Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4505 — sister to excursion star 4501 — tramps up Saluda Grade in the pouring rain on Aug. 3, 1950. You can bet there’s another engine shoving hard on the rear to get the train up the 4.7 percent grade.
August A. Thieme Jr. photo

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