RailPictures.Net Photo: SOU 2551 Southern Railway EMD GP30 at Opelika, Alabama by David Harris

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» Southern Railway (more..)
» EMD GP30 (more..)

» Sanford Avenue
» Opelika, Alabama, USA (more..)
» April 04, 1975

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For many years, CofG/SOU/NS trains on the branch between Opelika and Roanoke (later cut back to Lafayette) used 2.42 miles of the WofA/FL/SS/CSX between downtown Opelika and Roanoke Junction. In 1975 it was still an every-day-but-Sunday operation, which gave me one chance a week to catch it. In this shot #7, which left town before dawn as #8, is passing Piedmont Fertilizer's siding as it drops down into Opelika.

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