About to pass under US431

After a powering the Lafayette turn, Southern's last GP35 shares space with GP38 2745, just back from a trip to Royal City

A second section of Q601 makes its way into downtown Opelika.

On a beautiful and clear July morning, Q602 with a DPU pusher on the rear are about to blast through the city of Opelika.

Tied down in the Opelika siding at Talladega Street.

Georgia Railroad GP40 #754, built July 1968, later became Seaboard System (SBD) 6656, then CSX 6656

Phenol A tank car loaded with the chemical sits in the transfer yard ready for pickup by NS. Phenol is used in the making of polycarbonate (PC) which in turn can be used to make compact d... (more)

Western Railway of Alabama GP40 #701 leads train #211 past the coal tower and over the Southern Railway crossing. 211 served as the long-distance local between Atlanta and Montgomery, AL. All th... (more)

Restricting A Lunar aspect is illuminated by the lead engine of Q601 as it is given permission to take the siding at the North End of Opelika for a meet with one train on a very cold and... (more)

Southern Railway GP50 #7013 leads eastbound Central of Georgia district train #138 over the newly installed interlocking-controlled crossing of the Western Railway of Alabama. Prior to installing... (more)

Southern Railway GP50 #7013, later to become Norfolk Southern #7013, was eventually chosen for the GP38-3 rebuilding program and became Norfolk Southern #5819

Southern Railway GP38-2 #5219 is tied down with its branch line (yellow-belly) caboose on the engine track. The power at Opelika served dual assignments, first as the daily Opelika Switcher, then... (more)

Southern Railway B23-7 #4020 works adjacent to the Western Railway of Alabama main line. The locomotive served a joint assignment, working 1st trick as the Southern Railway Opelika Switch Engine ... (more)

Colorado Fuel & Iron Created from the merger of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company with the Colorado Fuel Company, in 1892, CF&I was the first integrated and largest steel mill west of the... (more)