RailPictures.Net Photo: SOU 4604 Southern Railway EMD GP49 at Opelika, Alabama by David Harris
 
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» Southern Railway (more..)
» EMD GP49 (more..)
» First Avenue 
» Opelika, Alabama, USA (more..)
» June 08, 1987
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» SOU 4604 (more..)
» Unknown
» David Harris (more..)
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One of the rarer models - on Southern or any railroad - was the GP49 (or GP39X, if you prefer). Here, one of Southern's half-dozen leads a pair of GP50s and an eastbound train across the CSX at Opelika. Boy, they didn't even come close to getting that tall signal vertical.
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