This grade is in Ashtabula, Ohio. It is on the north/south Youngstown Line which crosses the east/west ex-NKP main line here. The Youngstown Line climbs up out of the harbor to the level of the land south of town. The grade is only 4 miles long, at 1.5 to 1.7%. With 27 cars and about 2,500 tons behind her, the 765 had her hands full.
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