An interesting looking unit train of sand in gondolas rolls through Opelika after a meet with Q145. Usually sand travels i... (more)

A lengthy and colorful Q192 with a pair of SD70Ms rolls through Opelika and crosses 9th street on a sunny August morning. Click he... (more)

Birmingham bound NS train #137 has two noteworthy locomotives in today's consist. Besides the obvious SOO Line SD60 #6029, the bottom unit, NS 2580, was the final SD70 constructed for Conrail. T... (more)

After meeting K877 at the Opelika siding, Q602 gets underway as it heads north towards LaGrange and then onto Waycross, GA while passing the Western Railway of Alabama coal tower.

Q145 pounds the diamond at Opelika as it heads south over the former Central of Georgia mainline to Birmingham and prepares to take the siding for a meet with Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Opelika, Alabama, USA
Locomotive #: UP 7706
Train ID: CSX Q145
Photo Date: August 04, 2010

Above the radiator of L&N 7008, the train order board has been set at its "45" angle for westbound trains. The brakeman on L&N 7008 has just snagged the set of train orders for the engineer while... (more)

Photographer and recent graduate, Frank Orona, takes a picture of a colorful Q192 as it passes through Opelika.

A long Q602 comes through opelika on a very hot August morning.

A colorful Q192 has just crossed the Opelika interlocking with NS as it takes its hot cargo north to Atlanta.

A41 has just run around its train in the Opelika Transfer Yard and after letting NS train 137 get past, is about to come back onto the main and head home to Columbus. The high-hood GP50 was fanta... (more)

The brakemen of A746 climb back aboard their train after a meet with Q145, but will have to wait nearly an hour for a pair of light engines to come from behind and pass them here at Opelika. Afte... (more)

NS 67G with a solid set of KCS SD50's prepares to slam the diamond in downtown Opelika in the last lights of day making to a great end to my chase through Alabama.

On a frigid December night, Q600 and its lone AC6000 locomotive drop off a cut of cars into one of the transfer tracks between CSX and Norfolk Southern in downtown Opelika. The 10th Street bridge... (more)

A very short and early NS 137 pounds the Opelika diamond as an X220 for CSX waits on the main for it to pass. Chec... (more)

An 11,000 foot Q602 with an astounding 10 locomotives (9 up front 1 DPU in the back) rolls past the WofA coaling tower as it is about to cross over the former Central of Georgia (now Norfolk South... (more)