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Viewing Album:  The Glenn Marsh Files--West Point Route in the 70s and 80s
 
By:Hank Stephens
Dates:1/1/1970 - 1/1/1980
Album Info:This is the AWP-WofA in the first and second generation diesel era just before SCL backed Family Lines System began to disband and erase the true character of this Deep South railroad. Pictures taken by Glenn Marsh and from his collection
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Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:41:29 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 733(GP40-2)
Views:  685   Comments: 2
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:41:30 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 733(GP40-2)
Views:  666   Comments: 1
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:41:33 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 733(GP40-2)
Views:  610   Comments: 2
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:33 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 733(GP40-2)
Views:  579   Comments: 1
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:33 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 753(GP40)
Views:  1577   Comments: 0
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:34 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 754(GP40)
Views:  661   Comments: 2
GA 754 fills in as the Opelika turn and heads into downtown Opelika passing the lead switches to the old CofGA-WofA transfer yard and the lake yard tracks.
Title:  GA 754 fills in as the Opelika turn and heads into downtown Opelika passing the lead switches to the old CofGA-WofA transfer yard and the lake yard tracks.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:41:28 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 754(GP40)
Views:  456   Comments: 1
AWP way cars posted Oct 11, 2010
Title:  AWP way cars posted Oct 11, 2010
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 7:59:28 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  164   Comments: 0
A wave from the rear end as a SAL caboose tails up an AWP-WofA northbound manifest. Notice the DUPX "rail whale" four truck tanker just ahead of the caboose.
Title:  A wave from the rear end as a SAL caboose tails up an AWP-WofA northbound manifest. Notice the DUPX "rail whale" four truck tanker just ahead of the caboose.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:07 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  161   Comments: 1
AWP way cars posted Oct 11, 2010
Title:  AWP way cars posted Oct 11, 2010
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Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 7:59:29 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  201   Comments: 1
Former AW&P coach now in MofW service at Opelika in the 1970s
Title:  Former AW&P coach now in MofW service at Opelika in the 1970s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 8:00:49 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  575   Comments: 2
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:46 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1027(GP7)
Views:  680   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:47 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 756(GP40-2)
Views:  504   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:48 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1026(GP7)
Views:  799   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:28 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  114   Comments: 1
Opelika turn rests at the inside house track at the old West Point freighthouse turned Chattahoochee Valley RR headquarters and shop during lunch on weekday afternoon
Title:  Opelika turn rests at the inside house track at the old West Point freighthouse turned Chattahoochee Valley RR headquarters and shop during lunch on weekday afternoon
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:35 AM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 756(GP40-2)
Views:  721   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:29 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 754(GP40)
Views:  393   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:31 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 905(NW2)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:43 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 905(NW2)
Views:  424   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:44 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glejn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 905(NW2)
Views:  457   Comments: 1
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:31 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
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Views:  355   Comments: 1
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:30 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1042(GP9)
Views:  1043   Comments: 1
More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Title:  More Shots of the AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:02:45 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
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Views:  151   Comments: 1
SAL caboose takes up the end of a northbound as the Opelika agent hoops up orders for the rear end AWP-WofA crew.
Title:  SAL caboose takes up the end of a northbound as the Opelika agent hoops up orders for the rear end AWP-WofA crew.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:08 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  607   Comments: 2
LN 47 and AWP 553 make an "odd couple" painr at Oeplika in the engine track.
Title:  LN 47 and AWP 553 make an "odd couple" painr at Oeplika in the engine track.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:08 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1711   Comments: 2
L&N cab waits with AWP caboose for the call to action at Opelika across from the freight house agency.
Title:  L&N cab waits with AWP caboose for the call to action at Opelika across from the freight house agency.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:16:35 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1091   Comments: 1
L&N caboose reposes in the weeds at Opelika, AL on the West Point Route. L&N used the AWP-WofA to connect its AL lines into those above Atlanta. As the railroads combined into the Family Lines System, it became common for the cars to wind up on AWP-WofA
Title:  L&N caboose reposes in the weeds at Opelika, AL on the West Point Route. L&N used the AWP-WofA to connect its AL lines into those above Atlanta. As the railroads combined into the Family Lines System, it became common for the cars to wind up on AWP-WofA
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 8:00:51 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1092   Comments: 1
L&N shorty bay window rolls by Opelika on an L&N run through train as agent prepares to hoop up orders
Title:  L&N shorty bay window rolls by Opelika on an L&N run through train as agent prepares to hoop up orders
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 8:00:51 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  570   Comments: 1
SCL 915 waits for the call in the yard tracks at Opelika
Title:  SCL 915 waits for the call in the yard tracks at Opelika
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:01 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  136   Comments: 1
SCL cab passes Bell Street tower in Montgomery AL
Title:  SCL cab passes Bell Street tower in Montgomery AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:06 AM
Location:  Montgomery, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  278   Comments: 1
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:06 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  162   Comments: 1
SCL 750 ends up a freight at Opelika
Title:  SCL 750 ends up a freight at Opelika
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:07 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  621   Comments: 1
WofA #1, a steam era scale test car, follows AWP caboose through Opelika, AL
Title:  WofA #1, a steam era scale test car, follows AWP caboose through Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 8:00:48 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  374   Comments: 3
WA 128 sits behind woodchip cars on a WofA local freight
Title:  WA 128 sits behind woodchip cars on a WofA local freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:02 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  428   Comments: 1
WA 160 ends up a southbound as it takes siding for a northbound
Title:  WA 160 ends up a southbound as it takes siding for a northbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:03 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  464   Comments: 1
The paint is so new on this one it probably still had an odor. AWP 553 sits in the old Lake tracks at Opelika
Title:  The paint is so new on this one it probably still had an odor. AWP 553 sits in the old Lake tracks at Opelika
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:03 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  854   Comments: 2
AWP 560 marks up the end of a Williams Bros. sand train. Note the out of line lettering on the "A&WP".
Title:  AWP 560 marks up the end of a Williams Bros. sand train. Note the out of line lettering on the "A&WP".
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:04 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  747   Comments: 1
WA 7236 is a coach turned caboose. Why waste a perfectly good car?
Title:  WA 7236 is a coach turned caboose. Why waste a perfectly good car?
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:04 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  1163   Comments: 2
WA 154 is a boxcar turned bay window cab on the end of a AWP freight
Title:  WA 154 is a boxcar turned bay window cab on the end of a AWP freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:05 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  310   Comments: 1
WA 150 is one of two Bicentennial painted cabooses
Title:  WA 150 is one of two Bicentennial painted cabooses
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:07 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  438   Comments: 1
WA 151 celebrates the Bicentennial with a little Old Glory coloring.
Title:  WA 151 celebrates the Bicentennial with a little Old Glory coloring.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:06 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  491   Comments: 1
WA 151 working with the Opelika Switcher in downtown
Title:  WA 151 working with the Opelika Switcher in downtown
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:02:59 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  698   Comments: 1
Chester Yard--Montgomery AL ready tracks with WofA agency and yard office to the right
Title:  Chester Yard--Montgomery AL ready tracks with WofA agency and yard office to the right
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:32 AM
Location:  Montgomery, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
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Views:  1055   Comments: 3
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:57 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 705(GP40)
Views:  774   Comments: 1
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:54 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 705(GP40)
Views:  853   Comments: 0
WA 161 is retired and waiting removal for display at Opelika.
Title:  WA 161 is retired and waiting removal for display at Opelika.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:01 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  420   Comments: 1
Retired and a great backdrop for a family photo, WA 161 shows the end of a typical home built WofA caboose.
Title:  Retired and a great backdrop for a family photo, WA 161 shows the end of a typical home built WofA caboose.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:01 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  557   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:03:02 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
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Views:  555   Comments: 0
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:54 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 705(GP40)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Title:  Scenes on the WofA in the 70s--a rare look at the diesel era of the West Point Route at Opelika, AL
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:42:55 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 705(GP40)
Views:  507   Comments: 0

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