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Workers with the Defense Non-Tactical Generator and Rail Equipment Center (DGRC) of Anniston Army Depot, Ala., and the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center’s Installation Materiel Maintenance Activity (IMMA) worked on the installation’s locomotive in early November at Fort McCoy, Wis.
The repair to the locomotive took two days to complete in an outdoor space on rails on South Post, said Jeff Wessels with IMMA.
"The (locomotive) developed a coolant leak," Wessels said. "This required the DGRC team to come down and verify the fault. … Usually a job like this fix inside a shop floor could be accomplished in about 15 minutes in ideal conditions, but that was not the case here."
The team of maintenance personnel completed repairs on the locomotive in time for a rail offload of Army vehicles and equipment belonging to the 389th Engineer Battalion returning from a deployment to Operation Resolute Castle overseas, said Fort McCoy Transportation Officer D.J. Eckland with the Logistics Readiness Center Transportation Division.
"Our locomotive is fully mission capable again," Eckland said. "Hats off to the mechanics."
Whether it was moving troops and equipment during World War II or other contingencies, or bringing in or sending out equipment and supplies for a present-day exercise, rail will always be a primary mode of transportation at the installation.
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: | 11.13.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 11.13.2019 11:14 |
| Story ID: | 351557 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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