Welcome to the Trainscapes segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Trainscapes will feature train content including videos of trains and behind the scenes action of trains and locomotives. Some people have an interest in seeing trains, and we here at Geek Alabama aim to please the train lovers!

In September 1998, Norfolk Southern operated its track geometry train over the steepest mainline railroad grade in North America, Saluda, in North Carolina. With an average gradient of 4.7%, the “Mountain of Challenge” was a daily operating obstacle since most freight trains running down it exceeded 10,000 tons.

Trainscapes: Norfolk Southern Trains On Saluda Grade (1990-1992) Trainscapes: Insanely Tall – Norfolk Southern’s New River Railway Bridge Trainscapes: Saluda Grade – The Final Months Of America’s Steepest Mainline Route