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Viewing Album:  Deep South Railroading in 1980s and 1990s
 
By:Hank Stephens
Dates:10/20/2009 - 12/10/2009
Album Info:Pictures taken as a teenager growing up in the Deep South.
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AWP F units on a purchased print in the Glenn Marsh Collection
Title:  AWP F units on a purchased print in the Glenn Marsh Collection
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Photo Date:  2/10/1975  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 3:40:48 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  Unknown--Glenn Marsh Collection
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Views:  462   Comments: 1
A Frisco SW1500 works a SLSF cab and an ICG Centralia built cab at East Thomas in the early 1980s
Title:  A Frisco SW1500 works a SLSF cab and an ICG Centralia built cab at East Thomas in the early 1980s
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Photo Date:  2/10/1981  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 3:51:03 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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ICG units rest on the east end of East Thomas Yard during Frisco days in the early 1980s
Title:  ICG units rest on the east end of East Thomas Yard during Frisco days in the early 1980s
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Photo Date:  2/10/1981  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 3:48:35 PM
Location:  East Thomas, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  290   Comments: 1
Jefferson Warrior ex Jim Walter Resources Mary Lee Railroad unit
Title:  Jefferson Warrior ex Jim Walter Resources Mary Lee Railroad unit
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Photo Date:  2/10/1981  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 4:18:39 PM
Location:  Birmingham, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  JEFW 56(NW2)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
SBD 1640 sits for a roster shot at LaGrange Depot in 1985. This was typical power for the LaGrange Switcher on the former A&WP/WofA lines, likely going back to the time when the independent Georgia-West Point Route purchased its last new locomotives in t
Title:  SBD 1640 sits for a roster shot at LaGrange Depot in 1985. This was typical power for the LaGrange Switcher on the former A&WP/WofA lines, likely going back to the time when the independent Georgia-West Point Route purchased its last new locomotives in t
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Photo Date:  7/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:57:09 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SBD 1640(GP40-2)
Views:  749   Comments: 0
LaGrange Depot and agency. This was the agency and a second similar building which was the old baggage and waiting room is in the foreground just out of the picture
Title:  LaGrange Depot and agency. This was the agency and a second similar building which was the old baggage and waiting room is in the foreground just out of the picture
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Photo Date:  7/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:57:28 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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PICTURE ONE---SCL 4701 leads the Pyne Turn local on the former ACL tracks at the LaGrange depot.
Title:  PICTURE ONE---SCL 4701 leads the Pyne Turn local on the former ACL tracks at the LaGrange depot.
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Photo Date:  7/10/1985  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:56:54 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SCL 4701(GP16)
Views:  585   Comments: 1
CofGA Eufala Freight House still working for Southern in the early 80s.
Title:  CofGA Eufala Freight House still working for Southern in the early 80s.
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Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 3:45:24 PM
Location:  Eufaula, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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CSX "Mobile Coal empties" rolling north over the diamond at Opelika, AL
Title:  CSX "Mobile Coal empties" rolling north over the diamond at Opelika, AL
Description:  This train regularly worked on the AWP-WofA moving export coal to Mobile from Appalachia. The cars were typically re-stencilled COM-ED rapid discharge cars lettered for DEGX, a Mississippi based railcar lessor.
Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 3:43:06 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  190   Comments: 1
Ex-SAL M-5 caboose on the rear of the empty "Mobile Coal" train at Opelika, AL
Title:  Ex-SAL M-5 caboose on the rear of the empty "Mobile Coal" train at Opelika, AL
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Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 3:44:17 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
Categories:  Action
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Views:  190   Comments: 1
Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Title:  Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Description:  Shots of the heavily modified GP unit now used as the power unit for the ditcher/undercutter.
Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 4:04:53 PM
Location:  Nuckols, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  137   Comments: 0
Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Title:  Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Description:  Shots of the heavily modified GP unit now used as the power unit for the ditcher/undercutter.
Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 4:04:56 PM
Location:  Nuckols, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  339   Comments: 0
Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Title:  Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Description:  Shots of the heavily modified GP unit now used as the power unit for the ditcher/undercutter.
Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 4:04:48 PM
Location:  Nuckols, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  392   Comments: 1
Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Title:  Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Description:  Shots of the heavily modified GP unit now used as the power unit for the ditcher/undercutter.
Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 4:04:50 PM
Location:  Nuckols, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  271   Comments: 0
Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Title:  Loram DC-1 tied up after a days work
Description:  Shots of the heavily modified GP unit now used as the power unit for the ditcher/undercutter.
Photo Date:  2/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/16/2010 4:04:52 PM
Location:  Nuckols, AL
Author:  Glenn Marsh
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Views:  260   Comments: 0
Williams Brothers (WBCX) Ortner Aggregate Hopper used in Sand Train service on the AWP-WofA in 1970s-1990s
Title:  Williams Brothers (WBCX) Ortner Aggregate Hopper used in Sand Train service on the AWP-WofA in 1970s-1990s
Description:  These cars ran in unit trains between College Park and Shorter, AL hauling sand for construction of Atlanta infrastructure
Photo Date:  12/10/1992  Upload Date: 7/22/2010 3:06:33 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  899   Comments: 1
Plate One of 1984 Map of LaGrange, GA showing rail operations
Title:  Plate One of 1984 Map of LaGrange, GA showing rail operations
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/20/2009 11:44:30 AM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  307   Comments: 1
Plate Two of LaGrange and Vicinity showing how A&WP and ACL lines paralleled each other through downtown
Title:  Plate Two of LaGrange and Vicinity showing how A&WP and ACL lines paralleled each other through downtown
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/21/2009 2:59:29 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  432   Comments: 1
CG 160--one of the few color CofGA pictures I have found...
Title:  CG 160--one of the few color CofGA pictures I have found...
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 6/28/2010 1:06:55 AM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  CG 160(GP9)
Views:  2058   Comments: 1
CG 132
Title:  CG 132
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 6/28/2010 1:07:05 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  CG 132(GP7)
Views:  1907   Comments: 2
PICTURE TWO---SCL 4701 leads the Pyne Turn as its conductor snatches orders on the fly in 1985. This trackage would be moved to the A&WP alignment for a street improvment project in the early 1990s
Title:  PICTURE TWO---SCL 4701 leads the Pyne Turn as its conductor snatches orders on the fly in 1985. This trackage would be moved to the A&WP alignment for a street improvment project in the early 1990s
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:56:38 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SCL 4701(GP16)
Views:  609   Comments: 1
PICTURE THREE---SCL 300 is second in consist on the Pyne Turn. These units were typical of units used on the pulpwood gathering locals around LaGrange, GA
Title:  PICTURE THREE---SCL 300 is second in consist on the Pyne Turn. These units were typical of units used on the pulpwood gathering locals around LaGrange, GA
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:56:22 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SCL 300(U18B)
Views:  533   Comments: 2
PICTURE FOUR---The caboose in the form of an ex L&N transfer hack ends up the Pyne Turn. This train ran out of Manchester through LaGrange on the former ACL Lineville sub. It switched industry up to Pyne Siding and turned back to Manchester, GA
Title:  PICTURE FOUR---The caboose in the form of an ex L&N transfer hack ends up the Pyne Turn. This train ran out of Manchester through LaGrange on the former ACL Lineville sub. It switched industry up to Pyne Siding and turned back to Manchester, GA
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:56:07 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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ELTX 627 was a typical plastics pellet car worked by the LaGrange Switcher in the 1980s. The boxcars contain cotton bales for the area textile mills.
Title:  ELTX 627 was a typical plastics pellet car worked by the LaGrange Switcher in the 1980s. The boxcars contain cotton bales for the area textile mills.
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:55:48 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  408   Comments: 0
A roadmaster's truck runs by in a grab shot sporting the new Seaboard System logo, a sign that times were "a changin".
Title:  A roadmaster's truck runs by in a grab shot sporting the new Seaboard System logo, a sign that times were "a changin".
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:55:11 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Views:  261   Comments: 0
SBD 1640 is the LaGrange Switcher on this day in 1985. The unit sits on the old downtown yard tracks on the A&WP. Today, the ex ACL CSX Lineville sub joins with the A&WP main and the yard is long gone
Title:  SBD 1640 is the LaGrange Switcher on this day in 1985. The unit sits on the old downtown yard tracks on the A&WP. Today, the ex ACL CSX Lineville sub joins with the A&WP main and the yard is long gone
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:53:46 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SBD 1640(GP40-2)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
SBD 1640 as the LaGrange Swticher with the depot in the rear. The crew was taking lunch in the old baggage room, made into a makeshift crew lounge. The unit sits on the main indicating a slower paced railroad. Today, this same track is one of two mains
Title:  SBD 1640 as the LaGrange Swticher with the depot in the rear. The crew was taking lunch in the old baggage room, made into a makeshift crew lounge. The unit sits on the main indicating a slower paced railroad. Today, this same track is one of two mains
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:54:23 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SBD 1640(GP40-2)
Views:  497   Comments: 1
SBD 1640 as the LaGrange Switcher--with lunch over, it backs down to the yard for the afternoon sort and switch,
Title:  SBD 1640 as the LaGrange Switcher--with lunch over, it backs down to the yard for the afternoon sort and switch,
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:54:45 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SBD 1640(GP40-2)
Views:  522   Comments: 1
SCL 6671 is "Pulling for You" as it pulls cars in and out of the remaining three tracks of the old A&WP LaGrange Yard in downtown.
Title:  SCL 6671 is "Pulling for You" as it pulls cars in and out of the remaining three tracks of the old A&WP LaGrange Yard in downtown.
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:52:58 PM
Location:  LaGrange, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SBD 6671(GP40)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
CSX 983186 acts as home away from home for a traveling roadway gang in Opelika. These were some of the last dormitory cars as CSX moved to putting up all its workers in motels near jobsites.
Title:  CSX 983186 acts as home away from home for a traveling roadway gang in Opelika. These were some of the last dormitory cars as CSX moved to putting up all its workers in motels near jobsites.
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:52:38 PM
Location:  Opelika, AL
Author:  Hank Stephens
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  668   Comments: 1
SBD 6001 is the Opelika Turn, running around cars in West Point, GA in 1985
Title:  SBD 6001 is the Opelika Turn, running around cars in West Point, GA in 1985
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:52:03 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SBD 6001(GP38-2)
Views:  490   Comments: 1
SBD 6001 works boxcars full of cotton for the CHV interchange in West Point, GA
Title:  SBD 6001 works boxcars full of cotton for the CHV interchange in West Point, GA
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 10/19/2009 2:52:19 PM
Location:  West Point, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  SBD 6001(GP38-2)
Views:  591   Comments: 2
WofA GP7 531 at August Ga in mid 1973--picture by MSW and part of my collection
Title:  WofA GP7 531 at August Ga in mid 1973--picture by MSW and part of my collection
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Photo Date:  12/10/2009  Upload Date: 6/28/2010 12:58:49 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Hank Stephens
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Locomotives:  WRA 531(GP9)
Views:  403   Comments: 0

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