There was still a tiny remnant of a yard and a little local business in Auburn in the early 1970s. In this scene, local #5 is finishing up and about to head back onto the main for the run home to... (more)
On a bright March morning, a pair of geeps bring a train from Selma into Montgomery. Though not nearly as busy as the Montgomery-Atlanta mainline, the Selma branch in 1975 still fielded a pair of... (more)
Train 5 - the southbound leg of WofA's daily-except-Sunday local between Montgomery and West Point - is up to track speed just outside Auburn. The latter day Georgia/West Point Route locomotives ... (more)
A crew member steps across the Southern as local train #5 works the sidings and interchange tracks around the depot.
The crew's day took a bad turn when their GP40 slipped off the rails on the spur into a cotton mill. An Opelika fixture for decades (and location for much of the movie 'Norma Rae', OMC is long-go... (more)
The last pre-Family Lines Georgia Railroad locomotive leads the local down the hill toward the Southern crossing in downtown Opelika.
On a hazy, gray winter morning, #6 - the Montgomery to West Point turn - rolls through Auburn.
A switching move didn't turn out as planned and now the local crew has to resort to poling to shove this car clear of the switch and free their locomotive.
On a dreary February day forty years ago, the usual quartet of GP40s brings Hamlet-New Orleans run-through #215 down the WofA. The train started its journey on the former SAL, and will make the l... (more)
As the daily Hamlet-New Orleans run-through train approached Saugahatchee Road, two ladies pulled onto the crossing and, upon seeing the train, came to a full stop. They looked at each other for ... (more)
Working Southern Railway interchange below unfinished 10th Street bridge
Western Railway of Alabama GP40 #701 leads train #211 past the coal tower and over the Southern Railway crossing. 211 served as the long-distance local between Atlanta and Montgomery, AL. All th... (more)
