52 cars of sand make up today’s K736 as heads north through the city of Opelika passing the remains of a former Western Railway of Alabama coaling tower that presently resides here.
Southern local crew works around Opelika. An important segment of the business then was wood/wood products, as evidenced by the many bulkhead flats in the photo. At the right edge can be seen co... (more)
My most most frequently sighted - and least favorite - locomotive when I started fanning in the early 1970s in east Alabama was the Southern GP38 (or GP38-2). Square, black, run-of-the-mill blah.... (more)