Two Hours at Kentucky Street
August 1, 2004, the first day of my retirement from the Illinois Central (I refuse to call it the CN), and what do I do? A little railfanning at Kentucky Street in Memphis. This is a photo essay of what I saw between 3 and 5 PM.
EPILOGUE
Remember RJY30 which was sitting at Broadway at 3:00 PM? They were still there at 5:00PM, blocked by the outbound transfer from the CN to the BNSF (RJY20, I think) which was occupying on the CN's "Single Track" (spelled "Bottleneck") awaiting clearance from the BNSF dispatcher, which obviously was not going to happen until both the inbound BNSF coal trains cleared Broadway. RJY20 pulled out right behind the second coal train and had not cleared by 5:00 PM. RJY30 usually hogs at 6:30 PM. Hope they made it!