The grade behind the RJ Reynolds plant in King, NC is a steep one..... though I don't know the actual percent, you can see that this train required five engines to climb it at a crawl. When hauling a train of 100 or so coal hoppers, this area will often require all eight of the YVRR's working locomotives to work at full power.

Photographed by Matthew Brown, September, 2002.
Added to the photo archive by Matthew Brown, August 18, 2003.
Railroad: Yadkin Valley (G&O).

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