Photo Essay: Rail construction project at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Crew workers with the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) of McAlester, Okla., work on a section of rail on the cantonment area Sept. 16, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The work is part of a two-year project to improve more than 8 miles of rail lines at Fort McCoy with new composite railroad ties and new 136-pound rails. MCAAP crews began work on the project in 2018. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

09.20.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                         

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Crew workers with the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) of McAlester, Okla., have worked on rail on the cantonment area during the summer of 2019 at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The work is part of a two-year project to improve more than 8 miles of rail lines at Fort McCoy with new composite railroad ties and new 136-pound rails.

MCAAP crews began work on the project in 2018.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 09.20.2019
• Date Posted: 09.20.2019 16:59
• Story ID: 342700
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US