414 could not start its train after stopping in the siding to meet its counterpart, train #415. In a common practice at this location during this era, the "push" is being made against the cab of the eastbound train climbing away from Opelika. The crossing/interlocking with Southern Railway's Columbus-Birmingham "P" line is just to the right of the lead locomotive. The east end of the Opelika siding is just beyond the interlocking |
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7/11/1984 |
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Opelika, AL Map ![Show Opelika on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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![Seaboard System New Orleans (LA) bound train #415 is giving Hamlet (NC) bound train #414 a shove up the hill, out of the siding, and away from downtown as the crew prepares to cut off "on the fly"](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/46477/SCL%200946%20032812.jpg) |
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