trainroomgary posted:N&W 611 On Saluda (An Assault on America's Steepest Class-1 Grade)
Published today: Feb. 15, 2018 - Play time about ten minutes.
That was in the fall of '92, wasn't it? Man, it was amazing to see her stall like that. I remember people were laying bets on if this would happen even before 611 passed the foot of the grade.
As I recall, there was a huge push to get NS to run 1218 up Saluda but she's been in the shop for a year when this happened and never steam again. Such a shame, I would have loved to have seen 1218 walk right up this grade...
Hot Water posted:
645,
Just my opinion but,,,,,,I wouldn't believe EVERYTHING you read on that "other forum".
Yeah, there are lots of folks there who profess to be 'in the know' but even I can tell they're talking out of what we always called in the Army, "their forth point of contact"...