A746 in its typical southbound orientation of long hood forward rolls into Opelika on a sunny October afternoon. Cars from the customers of Norbord and Knauf make up a majority of today’s 17 carloads as the thousand foot train heads for home in Notasulga.
The EMD SD (special duty) series are a strong and reliable kind of locomotive which still serve America's rails today. They have proved themselves reliable by clocking in several million miles of freight service over several decades.