Crew members grabbed Cokes from the machine in the depot before starting their work on the Western Railway of Alabama interchange. This scene is so reduced, simplified and sterilized in 2021 that... (more)

Once upon a time, Opelika generated enough traffic that most freights would at least make a quick pick-up/set-out. That has just happened in the photo, and 135 is again underway for Birmingham, w... (more)

Southern Railway B30-7A's 3506 & 3520 and SD40-2 #3229 lead Birmingham bound train #135. #3506 was built April 1982 and later became Norfolk Southern #3506