Loaded grain train, G416, rounds the curve leading into downtown Opelika with one of the multitudinous CSX Dash 8 locomotives pulling it. more)

An eastbound gets ready to work the local traffic and WofA interchange back in the days when pulp and other wood products contributed significantly to the traffic mix.

Route Rock
With the failed merger into the UP behind in, the Rock Island trustees decided a new image would have to be created to show customers that this railroad was serious about im... (more)

Two beauties, the clock tower of 1896 neoclassical revival Lee County Courthouse and the prow of 1948 EMD F7A CSX 116, are separated by the depressingly spartan 1975 10th Street overpass.

Before the WofA/SR crossing in Opelika was interlocked, trains used to get up-close-and-personal.

SCL run-thru train 215 originated in Hamlet, then picked up a A&WP locomotive in Atlanta for the run to Montgomery where it will switch to L&N for the trip to New Orleans. Out of sight at the rear... (more)

At just the right moment, sunlight passes through a freight car of NS 336 as it rushes past and illuminates the 132 pound p... (more)

NS 335 heads west at Simmons Street in Opelika with a pair of standard-cabs in command.

Seaboard System
With the merger of the Seaboard Coast Line with the L&N and all the other railroads that made up the Family Lines System complete on December 1982, the Seaboard System... (more)

WofA suffered a broken coupler on the pull up the hill headed north from Opelika, and waits in the siding for a repair crew from Montgomery.

On a gray March morning, an NS crew gets empties ready to head for Lafayette.

Local A41 heads west at Simmons Street in Opelika behind a nice pair of ex-Conrail motors. Since this picture was taken NS A41, like so many locals, has been cut back and now operates on a reduced... (more)