Bob Olson of the Signal Department reports:
IRM received the generous donation of the CTC panel from the METRA tower at Rondout, IL on Monday, March 9, 2015. The panel, which was installed in 1963, controlled the crossing of the EJ&E and the junction to the line to Fox Lake and Madison. One of the last manned towers in the Chicago area, the tower was cut over to remote control by the CP dispatcher in Minneapolis last Friday night.
This picture shows the panel loaded on the IRM pickup truck. Pictured left to right are the district signal tech, the local signal maintainer, and Metra Trainmaster Robert Conway.
