Whatever else might have been going on, 2016 was a great year at IRM. So let's celebrate! Be sure to chime in with comments on anything we've missed!
- Barns 13 and 14 were completed and occupied, putting another 4000' of track under cover.
- Track construction: Yard 15, part of the new car line, and most dramatically, double-track girder rail in a paved street.
- The Santa Fe sign
- Completion and dedication of NWERR 24
- First operation of CCW 300, LSE 810, and the Metra Highliners
- First operation in many years of Milwaukee 972
- Operating crossing gates
- Acquisition of the B-71 box-cab Diesel
- In the various department shops, many projects made significant progress during the year, too many to list.
- Under new management, Rail and Wire is bigger and better than ever.
- And in operational news, the 1630 pulled the longest steam-hauled freight train in the country in (probably) at least 50 years: 135 hoppers!