Southern's weekday turn out the former CofG to Roanoke and Lafayette has almost completed its round-trip back to its point of origin in Opelika. It was an interesting operation that utilized two m... (more)

Western of Alabama's local train 6 waits at the crossing as an eastbound freight rolls by on Southern's former Central of Georgia Birmingham-Columbus, GA mainline. The crossing was not interlocke... (more)

The West Point Route (A&WP and WofA) between Atlanta and Montgomery was dominated by GP40s/40-2s for many years. Starting around 1967, WP/GA upgraded their fleet of early geeps with 40s/40-2s. W... (more)

Former Southern GP50 leads former Conrail GP40-2 as they power the long-range local towards home in Columbus, GA.

Former L&N 4107 - delivered March 1973 - has new number and small CSXT stenciled below cab window, but pretty much still looks 'all-L&N' otherwise.

Ex-N&W SD40-2 teams with ex-Southern GP38-2 to move the long-distance local west. Both units were delivered in 1974, with the same road numbers as in the photo.

Cotton Belt GP60 teams with UP C41-8W and tunnel motor to drag a northbound up the grade through downtown Opelika.

A good-looking trio - B23-7/GP38/GP38-2 - is about to pass the NS communication tower at Waverly Parkway as it leads the westbound local out of Opelika. They are just about to cross one of the bi... (more)

Starting in the late 1980s (as I recall), SP power became very common on trains coming up CSX from New Orleans, but we did not see many GP40P-2s. I watched hundreds of trains through Opelika in t... (more)

Crewman rides the steps after dropping a couple cars in the house track.

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.

Two stealthy C40-8s - just a little past their third birthdays - bring a Mobile-bound unit coal train across NS at Opelika.