With the rain coming down a Southern GP30 running long hood forward leads a southbound excursion.

For many years, CofG/SOU/NS trains on the branch between Opelika and Roanoke (later cut back to Lafayette) used 2.42 miles of the WofA/FL/SS/CSX between downtown Opelika and Roanoke Junction. In ... (more)

Southern Railway GP30 #2551, tied up on the Engine Track after leading the train from Albany (GA) and awaiting the crew's rest to return as the trailing unit. #2551 was built August 1962 and late... (more)

Southern painted GP30 2551 leads two other EMDs in downtown Appalachia, VA in this 1990 scene.