With Q612 occupying the entire Talladega St. crossing, a drunk driver decided to take his own route. Amazingly he fouled both tracks! Luckily, Q615 saw the cars headlights as they were taking the ... (more)
On top of Gilliland Crossing, A41 approaches the bridge over Waverly Pkwy, just west of Opelika, which is the longest siding on the entire Central of Georgia, at more than 8,000 ft.
A41 rounds the bend at the 317 just having left the siding at Royal City.
Another outstanding consist brought to you by A41/48: GP50 7007, SD40-2 3301, and GP59 4631.
A unbelievably clean Conrail unit shows up on the point of 187 at Opelika under beautiful skies.
A41's conductor lines the points so they can shove a cut of box cars west one mile to Interport logistics.
Framed up by the spring buds, the 7007 creeps to a stop to set out some boxcars.
Moving towards Opelika, the "seven, double oh seven", as the dispatcher called it, prepares to release their work-between, and get a new track warrant to Trammells, where CTC begins on the CofG.
A48 heads east with a GP59/GP50 combo up front. The spur in the foreground heads to a woodyard which is still in operation but is no longer served by the railroad.
One of the few trains on the former Central of Georgia today, this westbound rolls across the gigantic fill between North Auburn and West Opelika backlit with a beautiful sky.
Pan shot of the elegantly simple KCS boxcars coming over the Central of Georgia diamond at Opelika.
NS 199 stomps the interlocker in front of the historic Opelika union depot. After conversing with the crew of CSX Q192 to avoid an interlocker showdown, the NS crew gets the clear and proceeds, av... (more)
A good lookin' 70M rolls through the power switch at the south end of Opelika.
A41 departs Opelika behind a pair of GP59s (including one in Operation Lifesaver paint) bracketing a GP50.
A pair of High-hoods picks up some cars in Opelika, AL
