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Photo ID: 776944

Southern' ex-CofG Birmingham-Columbus, GA main was loaded up with GP38s and GP38-2s in the early 1970s when I first started hanging around the tracks. Other models showed up regularly, but the bo... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP30
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2543
Train ID: Sou 138
Photo Date: November 22, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 17, 2021

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Photo ID: 776600

A westbound Southern train heads through the Western Railway of Alabama crossing as SCL Hamlet-NOLA run-through train - with an unusual-for-this-train SD35 leading - waits. That GP9 in the lead o... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 6254
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 13, 2021

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Photo ID: 776308

GP30s lead a westbound around the big curve at First Avenue. Think the MofW guys missed those little trailers when the companies started putting them up in hotels/motels?

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP30
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2592
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 23, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 09, 2021

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Photo ID: 776254

In 1973, you rarely had to wait long to see railroad action in Opelika. There were lots of local rail customers, Southern and Western Railway of Alabama interchanged daily, and a Southern branch ... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP35
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2710
Train ID: Sou 46
Photo Date: December 14, 1973


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 08, 2021

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Photo ID: 775997

CSX freight passes behind the largest textile mill in Opelika. A major source of jobs and city revenue for decades, it doesn't have much of a future, even in 1987. I do not think anything remain... (more)

Railroad: CSX Transportation (CSXT)
Locomotive: EMD GP40
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: CSXT 6528
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 11, 1987


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 05, 2021

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Photo ID: 775907

Crew members grabbed Cokes from the machine in the depot before starting their work on the Western Railway of Alabama interchange. This scene is so reduced, simplified and sterilized in 2021 that... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP35
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2710
Train ID: Sou 135
Photo Date: September 04, 1973


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 04, 2021

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Photo ID: 775831

The Lafayette turn has just left the former CofG branch and is running on rights toward Opelika via CSX. Won't be long until NS spins this line off and it becomes the Pine Belt Southern.

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD GP50
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: NS 7060
Train ID: NS A61
Photo Date: January, 1995


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 02, 2021

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Photo ID: 775727

The grade out of Opelika may be imperceptible to the naked eye but, believe me, it's tough. Four old geeps and a newer GP40 on train 208 are proving that to the doubters. The driver of that Econ... (more)

Railroad: Georgia Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: GARR 1041
Train ID: WofA 208
Photo Date: May 05, 1975


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 01, 2021

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Photo ID: 775726

Today's 45 - the westbound long-range local - is a big one, so three units have been assigned, including 2656, a GP30 that following a wreck was rebuilt to GP30 mechanical standards, but with a sp... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP38
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2754
Train ID: Southern 45
Photo Date: March 09, 1974


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 01, 2021

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Photo ID: 775725

After a painfully slow trip down the decrepit former Southern/CofG from Lafayette, the Pine Belt Southern crew waits for the go-ahead from CSX to run a couple miles down their former WofA main int... (more)

Railroad: Pine Belt Southern Railroad
Locomotive: GE B23-7
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: PB 3986
Train ID: Opelika turn
Photo Date: October 03, 1998


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By: David Harris

Added: Jul 01, 2021

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Photo ID: 775492

Southern 2544 leads five more GP30s, plus a GP35 and a GP38 on an eastbound train.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP30
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2544
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January, 1975


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By: David Harris

Added: Jun 28, 2021

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Photo ID: 775423

The guys are pushing to get to the point where the first eastbound train - just minutes away - can get safely through the wreck site. Checxk the date and you'll see an even bigger reason for thei... (more)

Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: Track machine
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: NS
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 23, 1987


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By: David Harris

Added: Jun 27, 2021

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Photo ID: 775074

GP30 and GP38 2771 power the westbound local - with lots of pulpwood flats, as usual - out of Opelika.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP30
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 2629
Train ID: Sou 45
Photo Date: February 02, 1981


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By: David Harris

Added: Jun 22, 2021

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Photo ID: 774977

Once upon a time, Opelika generated enough traffic that most freights would at least make a quick pick-up/set-out. That has just happened in the photo, and 135 is again underway for Birmingham, w... (more)

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD45
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 3144
Train ID: Sou 135
Photo Date: February 14, 1981


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By: David Harris

Added: Jun 21, 2021

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Photo ID: 774881

A GP7 and GP35 team up to roll the local west. Think wood products are an important part of the traffic mix? Just ahead is the long, high fill at North Auburn.

Railroad: Southern Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: Sou 8271
Train ID: Southern 45
Photo Date: June 20, 1975


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By: David Harris

Added: Jun 20, 2021

Views: 3,186
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