Christmas cards are done, presents are wrapped so I decided to pour myself a glass of wine and switch the basement industries before the local was annulled over the holidays..no Rule G on this railroad.

In these shots the local has just pulled two empties out of the mill at Olean and is headed back to Jeff City. On his trip back to ‘Jeff’ he’ll pull a Frisco 40′ boxcar out of the lumber yard at Russellville and pull a load of frozen chickens out of the Tyson poultry plant there as well. Two empty ARMN 57′ reefers were set out on the way down the branch and these will be spotted for poultry loading when the load is pulled.

Russellville generally involves 30″- 40″ of switching on most of the trips due to having a mill, lumber yard and poultry plant to serve. Any business for Lohman, Russellville or Olean is set out on the trip down the branch and worked on the way back. A 50′ empty M-I boxcar will be pulled at Lohman from Producers Milling and then to MX125 to tie up and have a few days off.

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