Saluda, North Carolina -
Train Graveyard - Gone
Piled at the bottom of the "steepest standard gauge railroad grade in the U.S.," supposedly.
- Address:
- Pearson Falls Rd, Saluda, NC
- Directions:
- I-26 exit 59. Drive south into town. Turn right onto Main St./US 176, then quickly turn left onto Rt 1102/Spartanburg Rd. Keep following Rt 1102 as it changes to Pearson Falls Rd and Old Melrose Rd. Rt 1102 follows the train tracks the whole length of the Saluda Grade, and loops back to US 176, where you turn left to go back to town.
- Hours:
- Reported gone Jan. 2010.
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Train Graveyard We visited the "Steepest standard gauge railroad grade in the US." We drove around the tracks looking for the graveyard, but couldn't find it. It may have eluded our eyeballs, but if it was a big as the original post said it was, I'm sure we would have seen it. It's still a fascinating piece of railroad, and worth the visit. [Andrew, 11/25/2004]
Saluda Grade "Train Graveyard." The "Saluda Grade" is an extremely steep section of
railroad track in the mountains -- I have been told but cannot confirm that
it is the steepest railroad grade in the US. Trains were split up and hauled up
in pieces by multiple engines. At the bottom of the steepest approach is
a huge - I mean HUGE - pile of the ones that didn't make it. Word is
it holds some record for most train wrecks. My father said the "Train
Graveyard" was still there a very few years ago. They'd slide down and
wreck and they'd just push them off the tracks and try again. [Susan Seegars, 01/21/2001]
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