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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:	509 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:	487 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:	437 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:	390 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:	1421 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:	506 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:	337 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:	130 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:	131 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:	178 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:	522 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:	595 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:	345 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:	619 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:	567 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:	285 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:	248 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:	301 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:	338 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:	317 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:	924 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:	104 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:	561 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:	1627 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:	1021 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:	1047 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:	530 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:	106 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:	233 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:	127 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:	544 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:	302 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:	380 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:	398 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:	786 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:	685 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:	1093 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:	259 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:	383 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:	435 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:	640 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:	1016 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:	620 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:	724 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:	351 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:	497 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:	522 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:	331 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:	364 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:	407 Comments: 1

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