One last ride for a railroader

[CHamilton]

A Tacoma railroad man’s dying wish means one last ride

Gordon Russ ... died last year at 94 in Tacoma General Hospital, where he was born in 1919. A train engineer at heart until the end, he left his four children with one last request.

“Dad wanted his ashes thrown into the tinderbox of a working locomotive,” his son William said.

One year and three days after Russ’ death, that last wish will be fulfilled Saturday, on the final run of the day aboard the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad out of Elbe....

For months, William sought a way for his father’s final wish to come true, only to be ignored or denied by company after company. Then he called Meilee Anderson, director of sales and marketing with the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad....

The Russ family — all four of his children, their spouses, and cousins — will ride in a private car. When the run ends, William will carry the ashes of his father to the locomotive.

 

[Bob Dylan]

☺ Really nice! I'm thinking some of us geezers might be re-thinking our end of life plans!

I think that having my ashes scattered from the platform of a PV on the back of a Train along the Colorado River between Denver and Grand Junction would be cool!

 

[the_traveler]

Are you saying that you want to moon the mooners?

What a way to ride off into the sunset!

 

[TinCan782]

Being a "Tin Can Sailor", I mentioned to my wife about having my ashes shot out of a 5-inch gun aboard a destroyer!