Article: A LIFE WITH TRAINS SUITED KIRTLEY BELL.(News)(Obituary)

Kirtley Bell spent his life working for the railroad -- and proudly -- because he followed in the steps of his father and brother.

Mr. Bell started work for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at age 16 as a store room clerk, became a machinist/welder and progressed to roundhouse foreman in a 46-year career with the C&O.

"He loved the railroad," said his daughter, Dolores Fillhardt of Silver Grove. "He was from a railroad family -- his brother was an engineer, and his father worked on the railroad -- and they lived in a railroad town."

Mr. Bell, of Silver Grove, died Wednesday at St. Luke Hospital East. He was 91.

He was a 50-year ...

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