Ruth, Kentucky
Leaving Summit, the C&OV mainlines enter a hidden section until they emerge from a tunnel portal and curve around the town of Ruth. This area features company houses, an automotive garage, a BBQ joint, and a hotel complete with an observation deck for railfans to view the trestle below. The upper mainlines hug the edge of a sloping rock face and pass by the H.B. Tubbins Lumber Company. This large facility has three spur tracks for unloading logs, loading wood chips and a covered loading shed for lumber shipments. Further down the line, the Valentine Coal Co. has a small tipple here (Mine #2) with a lower dump house for mine carts and truck dump connected up the hill by a conveyor. Trains that pass through Ruth on the south track do so over a huge steel trestle constructed from 28 Walthers kits. Through a pair of tunnel portals at the west end of Ruth, trains can enter the Portsmouth, OH staging yard or take an alternate route (not used during op sessions) that allows for continuous running back to our starting point, Stanton.