Russell, Kentucky!







It's spring break and so off to Russell to take in the sights, railroad sights of course.
Photo #1 is at the station at Russell. The display of the C&O caboose is very nice. Be sure to take the time to look at the bricks in the sidewalk.




Photos #2 shows Russell Tower. The tower is now owned by the city and a sign announces that it being converted to a museum.
Behind me is the former station.







Photo #3 shows the remote control unit switching a freight in the yard. Engine number 1021 is an ex-B&O SWMT slug and is followed by GP39, number 4283. At first I didn't notice the box in the operator's hand (standing on the front of the slug). After waving to him, I started to wave to the "operator" in the cab and noticed that there wasn't anyone there! That's when I figured it out. This is the first remote controlled unit I have seen. I have read of them and also the controversy about their use. Now, it seems they are used (I saw another one later in the day).

Photos #4 show the next entry on the hit parade. A unit train hauling LPG tank cars. Not a job I would want to do, but this guy is hauling them! Hauling the cars are numbers 6488, a GP 40-2, followed by RDMT, number 2254.





Here they go, slowly into the yard.







The last photos from Russell is of GP 38-2, 2507 and SWMT 1040 passing by and finally a shot of Russell Tower.
My day in Russell went well. Met a couple of track workers. One had started on the C&O in 1969! Wow! Almost forty years! I find that common in reading and talking with workers on the railroad. Many work 40-50 years on the railroad. Again, check out those bricks by the caboose.