Once again an SCL locomotive fronts Amtrak's Floridian. This time, though, it is not due to the failure of one of the antique inherited E-units. Instead, SCL 1823 was added after the lead unit wa... (more)

Back in the day, the procedure for Southern and Western Railway of Alabama trains passing through Opelika included a full stop at the crossing of the two lines. After a crew member ascertained th... (more)

Working for closely affiliated company Western Railway of Alabama, Georgia Railroad GP7 1019 switches industry tracks almost in the shadow of downtown.

Headed back to West End after delivering a cut to SCL/L&N.

A MW crew unloads ties along the former WofA from a train led by a former B&O GP40-2.

The every-day-but-Sunday Roanoke turn is back in Opelika with a substantial train. The train used a couple miles of the Western Railway of Alabama's main to get to Roanoke Junction, where their o... (more)

Southern inherited a line from Columbus, GA to Montgomery when they took over Central of Georgia, but the handwriting was on the wall. By the time of this photo, traffic was shrinking as Family L... (more)

As usual, there is L&N power up front on 214, a Cincy to NOLA train that was a combined effort between L&N and Western Railway of Alabama. That diamond-shaped concrete sign, however, is all West ... (more)

Members of the two long-range locals (46 is working just around the curve west of the depot) mingle at the depot, and a few hit the Coke machine in the old waiting room. If I recall, the sodas (d... (more)

The crew of the long-range local backs down a city street to deliver a load of lumber. That C39-8 and ex-N&W C36-7 seem downright exotic now.

After the 1967 merger, the ex-ACL became the premier N-S route for SCL through Richmond, with the old SAL relegated to secondary status. The old SAL line shown here is already showing signs of ne... (more)

A day of work on WofA's mainline is almost over for this Sperry crew. They will cross Southern and back the car into a siding for the night. In the distance, SCL/WofA/L&N Hamlet-NOLA run-through... (more)

Battery installation short-line style... Park locomotive on a flat stretch of spur with little built-up roadbed, then grab a rubber-tired tractor with a front-end loader. The Southern Alabama (S... (more)

Burlington Northern GP35 #2582, built December 1965, heading for its Memphis bound train. #2582 was delivered as Frisco #732 and was scrapped August 1986

NECR 608 pulls down to the south end of Palmer Yard to re-organize their train for the trip south.