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)

Mixed train 31 - the withered remains of Georgia Railroad's once healthy general freight business to Macon - sits beside the new source of vitality for the branch. The unit trains of Kentucky coa... (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)

The engine terminal is full for Thanksgiving weekend in Atlanta. #6045, built August 1979 as Clinchfield Railroad #6045, later became Seaboard System #6045, then re# CSX 2696

Western Railway of Alabama GP9 #531 was built May 1954 and later became Seaboard System #1004. Unit was later acquired by Caney Fork and Western and became CFWR #531

The remains of an L&N run-thru coal train, destined for the Port of Mobile, await the scrapper's torch as Western Railway of Alabama GP38-2 #6045, powering a panel rail train, sits just to the rig... (more)

L&N U30Cs are at the head of a loaded Harlee Branch coal train on the connection from the mainline, but they wait as the mixed train to Macon departs first. Couple maybe interesting sidenotes: T... (more)

The Western used a small IH tractor to pull a trailer around the engine facility at Chester Yard to service the diesels. All three affiliated roads - WofA, A&WP and GARR - are represented here.

A Roger Puta Photograph

The last locomotive delivered in WofA's gaudy black-on-black-on-black scheme waits for a Southern freight to clear the crossing.

No work in Auburn on this day, so the local is really rolling. Looks like a pretty big train (common in those days), so the old EMD probably had a tough go on the 12 mile climb from the Tallapoos... (more)

The mixed train to Macon (there's a coach tacked on the rear of the freight cars) heads out of Camak yard. It will be followed by the coal train headed for Georgia Power's Plant Harlee near Mille... (more)

The sun is almost gone and what has been a clear and very cold - for Alabama, at least - day will turn into an even colder night. A Selma bound train is passing Union Station, which was restored ... (more)

There was still a tiny remnant of a yard and a little local business in Auburn in the early 1970s. In this scene, local #5 is finishing up and about to head back onto the main for the run home to... (more)

The Atlanta to West Point local is almost at the end of its run as it crosses the Chattahoochee River bridge and enters West Point, Georgia. What's left of Chattahoochee Valley's line to Standing... (more)