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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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GA 751 heads northbound road train at the north end of Opelika siding
Title:  GA 751 heads northbound road train at the north end of Opelika siding
Description:  More AWP in the 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:58:19 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 751(GP40)
Views:  729   Comments: 1
AWP 573 in middle of consist of northbound AWP-WofA road train at Opelika.
Title:  AWP 573 in middle of consist of northbound AWP-WofA road train at Opelika.
Description:  More AWP in th` 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:58:21 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 573(GP7)
Views:  1017   Comments: 1
Chester Yard switcher in Montgomery, AL when Chester was still an active terminal for AWP-WofA operations.
Title:  Chester Yard switcher in Montgomery, AL when Chester was still an active terminal for AWP-WofA operations.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:23 PM
Location:  Montgomery, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 728(GP40)
Views:  1010   Comments: 1
GA 1041 leads a southbound road train by the old coal tower at the north end of Opelika siding near dark
Title:  GA 1041 leads a southbound road train by the old coal tower at the north end of Opelika siding near dark
Description:  More AWP in the 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:58:35 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1041(GP9)
Views:  719   Comments: 1
AWP 730 leads northbound road train under bridge at Opelika, AL
Title:  AWP 730 leads northbound road train under bridge at Opelika, AL
Description:  More AWP in the 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:58:03 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 730(GP40)
Views:  642   Comments: 1
AWP 727 leads a road train north through downtown Opelika in the 70s.
Title:  AWP 727 leads a road train north through downtown Opelika in the 70s.
Description:  More AWP in the 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:58:04 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 727(GP40)
Views:  689   Comments: 1
GA 752 leads northbound around the curve and out of downtown Opelika
Title:  GA 752 leads northbound around the curve and out of downtown Opelika
Description:  More AWP in the 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 1/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 752(GP40)
Views:  605   Comments: 1
GA 754
Title:  GA 754
Description:  More AWP in the 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:58:15 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 754(GP40)
Views:  598   Comments: 2
More Shots from the 70s
Title:  More Shots from the 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:26 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 4976(GP16)
Views:  835   Comments: 1
A new Uceta rebuilt GP16 stands in as the Opelika Switcher in the early 80s
Title:  A new Uceta rebuilt GP16 stands in as the Opelika Switcher in the early 80s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:30 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 4976(GP16)
Views:  902   Comments: 1
Front of the Opelika Switcher tied up in house track at Opelika. Note te train order signal in the rear at the agency built into the end of the WofA freighthouse.
Title:  Front of the Opelika Switcher tied up in house track at Opelika. Note te train order signal in the rear at the agency built into the end of the WofA freighthouse.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:31 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 4976(GP16)
Views:  800   Comments: 1
More Shots from the 70s
Title:  More Shots from the 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:25 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 4976(GP16)
Views:  603   Comments: 1
More Shots from the 70s
Title:  More Shots from the 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:32 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 6046(GP38-2)
Views:  537   Comments: 2
FLS painted WA sublettered unit works as Opelika Switcher in early 80s.
Title:  FLS painted WA sublettered unit works as Opelika Switcher in early 80s.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:33 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 6046(GP38-2)
Views:  688   Comments: 2
GA 6052 is second unit on road train running over the old CofGA diamond in Opelika behind AWP painted unit.
Title:  GA 6052 is second unit on road train running over the old CofGA diamond in Opelika behind AWP painted unit.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:34 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 6052(GP38-2)
Views:  791   Comments: 3
More Shots from the 70s
Title:  More Shots from the 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:11 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 6052(GP38-2)
Views:  467   Comments: 2
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:13 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  322   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:25 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 753(GP40)
Views:  914   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:19 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1022(GP7)
Views:  633   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:56:21 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1022(GP7)
Views:  510   Comments: 2
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:20 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1022(GP7)
Views:  568   Comments: 1
GA SW unit works Hulsey Yard leads at an interstate overpass near downtown Atlanta
Title:  GA SW unit works Hulsey Yard leads at an interstate overpass near downtown Atlanta
Description:  This shot was on I-20 East of the 20-85-75 junction about a mile or two. The date is approximately 1974 as we were headed to Vidalia, Georgia for a Plant Tour at Georgia Power's Edwin I.Hatch Nuclear Facility near Baxley, Ga. It was the old Atlanta Belt Line between Moreland Ave and Boulevard SE.
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:12 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 904(NW2)
Views:  816   Comments: 4
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 12/6/2011 6:57:27 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  443   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:13 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 727(GP40)
Views:  618   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:00:12 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 701(GP40)
Views:  542   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:00:15 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 701(GP40)
Views:  708   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:00:17 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  226   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:59:39 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  281   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:00:01 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  396   Comments: 1
More AWP in 71s
Title:  More AWP in 71s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:00:06 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WRA 707(GP40)
Views:  637   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:00:08 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  302   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 7:00:11 PM
Location:  Ryland Acres (subdiv, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  226   Comments: 1
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:14 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 756(GP40-2)
Views:  626   Comments: 2
More AWP in 70s
Title:  More AWP in 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:15 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 729(GP40)
Views:  798   Comments: 1
GA , WofA and L&N units at Chester Yard service tracks
Title:  GA , WofA and L&N units at Chester Yard service tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:57:16 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 1026(GP7) WRA 707(GP40) LN 1035(GP30)
Views:  1511   Comments: 2
GA 754 leads north bound road train nearing Roanoke Jct where the old CofGa Lafayette Bvanch pulls away
Title:  GA 754 leads north bound road train nearing Roanoke Jct where the old CofGa Lafayette Bvanch pulls away
Description:  More AWP in the 70s
Photo Date:  1/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 6:58:02 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GA 754(GP40)
Views:  707   Comments: 1
WofA Bicentennial Caboose rolls by Main Street in Opelika in the late 70s
Title:  WofA Bicentennial Caboose rolls by Main Street in Opelika in the late 70s
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/1/1974  Upload Date: 7/30/2010 11:11:44 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  581   Comments: 0
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 2:41:35 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 733(GP40-2)
Views:  899   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 2:41:34 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 733(GP40-2)
Views:  838   Comments: 2
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 7:59:29 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  468   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
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  484   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 7:59:30 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  696   Comments: 3
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 7:59:31 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  440   Comments: 3
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 7:59:32 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  664   Comments: 4
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 7:59:33 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  524   Comments: 1
WofA caboose #160 tails up a local at West Point, GA on the Lanett, AL side of the state line. The siding of West Point actually straddles the GA-AL state line, with most of it actually physically in AL.
Title:  WofA caboose #160 tails up a local at West Point, GA on the Lanett, AL side of the state line. The siding of West Point actually straddles the GA-AL state line, with most of it actually physically in AL.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 8:00:48 AM
Location:  Lanett, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  537   Comments: 1
SOU picture posted Oct 11, 2010
Title:  SOU picture posted Oct 11, 2010
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 8:00:49 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  453   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 7:59:34 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  438   Comments: 3
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 7:59:36 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  525   Comments: 4
WofA northboud local hammers CofGA diamond at Opelika in the 1970s
Title:  WofA northboud local hammers CofGA diamond at Opelika in the 1970s
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1980  Upload Date: 7/8/2010 2:41:26 AM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AWP 727(GP40)
Views:  1261   Comments: 2

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