Across the Interlocker
A long time before anyone would have considered this a "merger" consist (and what a stupid idea, these railroads are already to big to be managed properly but I digress) a 335 bangs across the diamond crossing with the former Western Railway of Alabama in downtown Opelika. Much has changed here at "the interlocker" since this hot August afternoon 15 years ago; Macon to Sheffield trains 334/335 were re-routed off the Central of Georgia over a decade ago and those Southern-era signals were replaced when CSX installed PTC back in 2017. But the stately tower of Lee County's historic courthouse in the background still stands and although traffic is down trains still roll across the Central every day.
Back in 2010 those UP Aces were still the new power and looked pretty sharp, it's a shame how ragged most of them look now. Of course that trailing NS Gevo probably looks terrible in the current day too, not that it has ever been a unit of any interest.
Across the Interlocker
A long time before anyone would have considered this a "merger" consist (and what a stupid idea, these railroads are already to big to be managed properly but I digress) a 335 bangs across the diamond crossing with the former Western Railway of Alabama in downtown Opelika. Much has changed here at "the interlocker" since this hot August afternoon 15 years ago; Macon to Sheffield trains 334/335 were re-routed off the Central of Georgia over a decade ago and those Southern-era signals were replaced when CSX installed PTC back in 2017. But the stately tower of Lee County's historic courthouse in the background still stands and although traffic is down trains still roll across the Central every day.
Back in 2010 those UP Aces were still the new power and looked pretty sharp, it's a shame how ragged most of them look now. Of course that trailing NS Gevo probably looks terrible in the current day too, not that it has ever been a unit of any interest.