RailPictures.Net Photo: LN 3012 Louisville & Nashville EMD GP40 at Opelika, Alabama by David Harris

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» Louisville & Nashville (more..)
» EMD GP40 (more..)

» Approaching Southern crossing
» Opelika, Alabama, USA (more..)
» June, 1975

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» WofA 213 (more..)

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As usual, there is L&N power up front on 214, a Cincy to NOLA train that was a combined effort between L&N and Western Railway of Alabama. That diamond-shaped concrete sign, however, is all West Point Route (WofA/Atlanta & West Point). This sign warns of the at-grade Southern crossing ahead, but the shape and material were used for hundreds (maybe thousands?) of whistle boards, stop signs, station signs, etc across the Atlanta to Selma line.

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