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!
👍 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
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.
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. :(
@@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
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.
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
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!
👍 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
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!
This is cool seeing trains form the 1990 in 2022 grate video
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.
Thank you! For the great video and slide show.
Thanks for putting this up.
imagine the pressure on the couplings in the front
You know the grade is tough when a single engine can only handle five cars uphill in notch 8.
And a decently powerful one at that. It's a C39-8, rated for 3900 hp
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. :(
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.
@@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
@@ljones121 maybe.
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.
@@anb7408unfortunate, but ultimately understandable
Awsome
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@@560productions7 apparently there's a "Bell-like" icon. But, if you click it, you can be notified when someone post a new video.
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.
And a train of Silversides!
Please tell me you have more of this footage
Sorry, I don't
isnt that mid train unit one of the first examples of a dpu
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
They wasted so much equipment when they abandoned this line. What a terrible waste.
There is nothing more annoying than someone standing next to a camera taking pictures. Other than that nice video