RailPictures.Net Photo: A&WP 732 Atlanta & West Point EMD GP40 at Opelika, Alabama by David Harris

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» Atlanta & West Point (more..)
» EMD GP40 (more..)

» Opelika Manufacturing Company
» Opelika, Alabama, USA (more..)
» February, 1974

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» A&WP 732 (more..)
» WofA 6 (more..)

» David Harris (more..)
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The crew's day took a bad turn when their GP40 slipped off the rails on the spur into a cotton mill. An Opelika fixture for decades (and location for much of the movie 'Norma Rae', OMC is long-gone.

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Make	Plustek
Model	OpticFilm7600i