West Point Route passenger trains: All through October 2024, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of the West Point Route: Atlanta & West Point and Western Railway of Alabama.
WofA 4-6-0 175 with Atlanta–Montgomery train 31 on A&WP near East Point, Ga.
Richard E. Prince Jr.
W. F. Beckum Jr.
A&WP 4-6-2 290 with New York–New Orleans Crescent west of Atlanta, 1946.
C. K. Marsh Jr. coll.
A&WP 4-6-0 280 with Atlanta–Montgomery train 35 at Milstead, Ala., February 1942.
Joseph P. Sadler
WofA 4-8-2 186 with New Orleans–New York Crescent departing Montgomery on WofA, Nov. 12, 1941.
A. C. Kalmbach
GA GP7 1034 with Augusta–Atlanta train 1 departing Augusta Apr. 7, 1968, on its last run.
B. F. Roberts
A&WP 4-6-0 261 with Montgomery–Atlanta train 32 at Milstead, Ala., March 1942.
Joseph P. Sadler
GA 2-8-2 322 with Atlanta–Augusta train 2 crossing Alcovy River east of Covington, Ga., Apr. 23, 1950.
W. F. Beckum Jr.
Two GA FP7s with Augusta–Atlanta train 1 depart Augusta Dec. 26, 1956.
W. F. Beckum Jr.
WofA 4-6-2 190 with New Orleans–New York Piedmont Limited approaching Atlanta.
Richard E. Prince
GA 4-6-0 211 with Washington Branch mixed train 43 and GA FP7s with Augusta–Atlanta train 1 west of Barnett, Ga., Feb. 22, 1951.
W. F. Beckum Jr.
GA 4-6-2 253 (ex-A&WP) with Atlanta–Augusta train 2 approaching Augusta.
Classic Trains coll.
WofA 4-6-2 190 with 10-car special taking Auburn University students to football game at Montgomery passing Madison, Ala., September 1938.
Joseph P. Sadler
FP7-GP7-FP7 with New York–New Orleans Crescent on A&WP at Fairburn, Ga., in June 1956.
I. W. King
A&WP 4-6-2 290 with New Orleans–New York Crescent east of Montgomery, Ala.
Joseph P. Sadler
A&WP/WofA FP7 and three Geeps arriving Montgomery, Ala., with New York–New Orleans Crescent on Dec. 9, 1962; L&N E units at left will forward train west.
Walter McMurtry
Please enjoy this photo gallery of West Point Route passenger trains, originally published online in 2017.
