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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:	495 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:	465 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:	424 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:	372 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:	1412 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:	492 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:	323 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:	125 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
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:	129 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 7:59:29 AM
Location:	Opelika, AL
Author:	Hank Stephens
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:	175 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
Locomotives:
Views:	518 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:	588 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:	331 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:	592 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:	553 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:	272 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:	227 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:	277 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:	323 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:
Locomotives:
Views:	313 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:	915 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:
Locomotives:
Views:	99 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
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:	555 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
Locomotives:
Views:	1622 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
Locomotives:
Views:	1017 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
Locomotives:
Views:	1044 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
Locomotives:
Views:	526 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
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:	103 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
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:	231 Comments: 1

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Title:	Untitled
Description:
Photo Date:	1/1/1980 Upload Date: 8/2/2010 11:30:06 AM
Location:	Opelika, AL
Author:	Hank Stephens
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:	123 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
Locomotives:
Views:	540 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
Locomotives:
Views:	300 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
Locomotives:
Views:	377 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
Locomotives:
Views:	395 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
Locomotives:
Views:	779 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
Locomotives:
Views:	682 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
Locomotives:
Views:	1089 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
Locomotives:
Views:	257 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
Locomotives:
Views:	381 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
Locomotives:
Views:	432 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
Locomotives:
Views:	638 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:
Locomotives:
Views:	1014 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:	611 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:	712 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
Locomotives:
Views:	349 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
Locomotives:
Views:	492 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:
Locomotives:
Views:	519 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:	315 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:	349 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 2:42:56 AM
Location:	Opelika, AL
Author:	Hank Stephens
Categories:
Locomotives:	AWP 730(GP40)
Views:	385 Comments: 1

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