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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:  725   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:  1012   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:  1009   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:  711   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:  635   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:  688   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:  602   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:  596   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:  833   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:  901   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:  536   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:  685   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:  790   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:  465   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:  316   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:  910   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:  631   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:  508   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:  562   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:  813   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:  441   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:  612   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:  538   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:  703   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:  225   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:  275   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:  393   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:  630   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:  299   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:  218   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:  624   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:  796   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:  1506   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:  705   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:  579   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:  894   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:  836   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:  465   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:  479   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:  689   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:  439   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:  661   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:  516   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:  536   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:  448   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:  436   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:  524   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:  1258   Comments: 2

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