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Photographer: Stanley and Terrie Howard
Taken: September 7, 2008
Caption: On The Tracks
Additional Description: The line begins its climb at the bottom of Melrose Mountain, where the town of Tryon can be found today at 1,081 feet (329 m), and continue on the southern side of the Pacolet valley. At Melrose, what is known as the Saluda Grade begins and climbs to the town of Saluda, cresting from the steepest grade of 5.1% right in the center of town at an elevation of 2,097 feet (639 m).
Submitted: September 7, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p34746
File Size: 1.095 Megabytes

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