A pretty healthy turn is arriving in Opelika after a trip to Lafayette and Roanoke. By this date, I believe there was just a single shipper in Roanoke - a cotton mill - and it would not be long u... (more)
A redo in the 1920s turned Central of Georgia's Birmingham-Columbus main from a substandard curvy, hill-and-dale line into a fine piece of railroad. One of the projects included in the rebuild wa... (more)
The Pine Belt Southern's Opelika-Lafayette operation of a former NS (Southern/C of G) line lasted from 1996 until 2003. The Lafayette end was pretty simple - work the woodyards then head for Opel... (more)
For reasons unknown to the photographer, 611's power has been cut-off from the train and eased down the hill to the the station. That B30-7 off to the right is - I think - power for a work extra.