Your photo captures very much what I remember as a young railfan. There is a real grittiness to your work that takes me back to those days of the locals.
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Ah, David, this local isn't just rolling thru Auburn. It is passing over the most interesting track structure in the little college town. A crossover just west of the depot. A crossover located perhaps 20 car lengths from the east end of the siding. And a crossover largely installed to serve that track in the foreground that leads to the old "coal" trestle where many a 40 foot, friction journal coal load was unloaded to power the steam plant at Auburn University. Thanks for another memory lane trip !
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It's downright intricate compared to the current plant. I don't think there is a switch/siding/whatever until the industrial park near Webster Road to the south, and the Opelika passing track to the north. Amazing, but not in a good way.
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