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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:  770   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:  1063   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:  1060   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:  768   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:  679   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:  736   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:  648   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:  641   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:  880   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:  938   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:  844   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:  630   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:  575   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:  733   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:  820   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:  503   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:  367   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:  946   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:  667   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:  548   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:  613   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:  862   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:  478   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:  662   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:  582   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:  745   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:  268   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:  321   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:  432   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:  677   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:  337   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:  249   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:  669   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:  844   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:  1562   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:  737   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:  609   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:  937   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:  868   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:  486   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:  513   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:  723   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:  469   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:  683   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:  553   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:  563   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:  491   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:  461   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:  554   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:  1297   Comments: 2

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