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Wow, I can't believe I missed this forum from the start. School's got me bogged down... <br /> <br />Back to Saluda, there are several things to consider. The grade is only 3 miles long (which is 3 miles too many at that kind of grade) with the steepest at the top. It's hardly worthwhile to install a cog system for only 3 miles of track and would be overly complicated. When the trains went up, they were divided into 16 car sections at Melrose and hauled up to Saluda at 20 mph, not too bad of a speed, but takes a long time to do that for a 50 - 100 car long train. Coming down was a different story... but dynamic brakes and an 8 mph speed limit have kept Saluda run-away free for years.
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