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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day West Point Route freight at Opelika

West Point Route freight at Opelika

By Angela Cotey | December 19, 2016

| Last updated on August 8, 2025

Eastbound West Point Route freight 208, with characteristically dirty black GPs, switches at Opelika, Ala., in June 1976.
David Harris photo

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