Grinding up grade on the former Clinchfield with 100+ coal loads - over 12 years after my previous upload with slightly different technology in my bag. See photo no. 331206.
P73 reaches the bottom of Balsam Grade on the former SOU Murphy Branch, one of the steepest grades remaining in the U.S. The train is about to pass under the Great Smoky Mtns. Expressway (US 74) ... (more)
The Piedmont heads up the grade from the Yadkin River between Spencer Yard and the NC Transportation Museum at Spencer. This location is on NS's Piedmont Division former SOU main, 45 miles NE of ... (more)