High Green Episode 22: B&M Employee Ladde Russell (Sept. 10, 2005)

Fitzwilliam, NH, as seen from the cab of a westbound Budd RDC in the 1950s. Preston S. Johnson slide from the Preston S. Johnson Collection, B&MRRHS Archives.

In this episode of High Green, we continue with cassette tapes recorded and loaned by B&MRRHS member and modeler Jim Dufour. On September 10, 2005, Jim recorded Fitzwilliam, NH resident and former B&M employee Ladde Russell. Topics of conversation include the Cheshire Branch, milk trains, the last snowplow run on the Cheshire in 1971, local freights, and many colorful stories and memories from Mr. Russell’s 30-year career on the B&M from 1955 to 1987.