Fort McCoy railroad ops picks up steam in 2022 with spring, summer, fall rail movements [Image 34 of 40]

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

11.14.2022

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

An Army locomotive maintained by the Fort McCoy rail operations team with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) Transportation Division, idles outside its facility in the rail yard on South Post on Nov. 14, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The locomotive was one of two locomotives in use that day supporting a rail movement for the Army Reserve's 411th Engineer Company where 128 items were previously loaded on to railcars to deploy eventually to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The 411th was the latest of many units over the last decade to hold rail movements at Fort McCoy. As a matter of fact, for the many decades of Fort McCoy’s existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. And it’s a capability that will continue, Fort McCoy LRC officials said. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as for moving cargo and equipment in and out of the installation. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

• Date Taken: 11.14.2022
• Date Posted: 12.21.2022 16:33
• Photo ID: 7567915
• VIRIN: 221114-A-OK556-0745
• Resolution: 4373x2915
• Size: 2.12 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US