Western Railway of Alabama

The "W of A" was an original owner, it acquired these models new from Baldwin:
V01000, DS4-4-1000(SC)

"The WestPoint Route" consisted of three separate railroads operated as one:
- Atlanta & West Point
- Georgia Railroad
- Western Railway of Alabama
See the "The WestPoint Route" Baldwin Diesel Roster

VO1000

W of A 621
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
621

VO1000
c/n 71965, b/d 10/1944

- built as W of A #1
- renumber 621

W of A ad W of A ad 3

VO1000
c/n 71967, b/d 10/1944

- built as W of A #3
- renumber 623
as # 623
W of A 623
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
Baldwin Ad - Railway Age Magazine, Oct. 19, 1946

W of A 624 624

VO1000
c/n 70316, b/d 12/1944

- built as W of A #4
- renumber 624
photo credit: "Conniff Railroadiana Collection"
- collection of Mark Laundry


DS4-4-1000(SC)

W OF A 630
photo by: Thomas Lawson Jr.
- collection of Mark Laundry

Atlanta, GA - Aug. 20, 1960
630

DS4-4-1000(SC)
c/n 74233, b/d 11/1948

- built as W of A #630
- to SCL as #91(2nd) in 1970
- retired 1978, to Birmingham Rail
- to Indiana & Ohio as #91 in 1979



The copyrights for all photos are assumed to rest with the photographers.


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