The Southern Railway depot, complete with train order signal,          
This view is from the west (Birmingham) side of the depot
Date: 8/27/1984 Location: Alexander City, AL   Map Show Alexander City on a rail map Views: 577 Collection Of:   Bernie Feltman
Rolling Stock: SOU station (Other/Not Listed) Author:  Bernie Feltman
The Southern Railway depot, complete with train order signal,
Picture Categories: Station,Signal This picture is part of album:  Southern Railway Alabama roster/still shots
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Geneva Short General Sweet double signal; I imagine for train orders? That white building sure looks like a National Guard armory. A lot of interesting details in this picture, Bernie - Thanks! 3/4/2012 12:54:14 PM
Charles Stookey General Great depiction of a well-used station. 3/4/2012 5:34:43 PM
Robert Farkas General The signal looks as if it were just painted! 3/4/2012 6:25:00 PM
Charles Burgess General Neat photo! 3/4/2012 7:21:33 PM
Dale Burns General Ahhhhh.....very familiar with this shot! But NOT with the semaphores 3/4/2012 9:50:41 PM
Dale Burns General Geneva Short, that is the Alexander City Bank, now the Wells Fargo bank. This depot is the ONLY depot not built by the CofGa. It was built by the City of Alexander City and given to the CofGa as incentive to tear down the original in the middle of the street. 3/4/2012 9:54:44 PM
Dale Burns General Geneva Short, that is the Alexander City Bank, now the Wells Fargo bank. This depot is the ONLY depot not built by the CofGa. It was built by the City of Alexander City and given to the CofGa as incentive to tear down the original in the middle of the street. 3/4/2012 9:54:49 PM
Olaf Junges General A lot of interesting details in the picture, great photo! 3/5/2012 2:15:28 AM
Dale Burns General Here's a photo of the whole front. http://www.alabamarailpics.com/files/Alex_City_Depot__FD_.JPG 3/5/2012 11:10:01 AM
Larry Goolsby General Not built by the CofGa.........that would help explain the building's, uh, "unusual" appearance! Not sure I've ever seen another depot quite like this one. The train order signals are also unusual in that each signal has its own mast - this tells me they were recycled from block signal use out on the road. 3/5/2012 8:45:26 PM

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