RailPictures.Net Photo: Sou 6254 Southern Railway EMD GP9 at Opelika, Alabama by David Harris

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» Southern Railway (more..)
» EMD GP9 (more..)

» WofA crossing
» Opelika, Alabama, USA (more..)
» May, 1974

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» Sou 6254 (more..)
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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 on a 'big' Southern train is also a bit of a surprise in this territory by this date.

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