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The day many of you thought would never, ever dawn at Irm has come.   Yes, rail fans Irm's 130 foot ex DGRW turntable is now on the property.  It was switched onto our railroad about 11:30 this AM by the Belvidere way freight while making its way to West Chicago.   You can be proud that Irm saved this piece of railroad history.   Not every museum can pull this off so quickly within the time line permitted by the UPRR.    A Big thank to The Union Pacific Railroad for making this happen!   Lots of phone calls and hard  work by a number of  members.    Thanks to Dennis, JD,and Phil for working at the location at the  Burham shops in Denver, Colorado and to Nigel, Nick and Tom Schneider for all the behind the scenes advice and encouragement.        Now fans, its up to you whether this artifact of a bygone era gets installed within the next five years or it just sits  around until the paint fads into dull grey and starts rusting.   The membership stepped up with large donations for the Electroliner.    Now lets see if you all can do better and raise $700,000 for the installing of this truly worthy artifact!    Enjoy the pictures.   There will be more when its unloaded.    In the mean time send your contributions in for the TURNTABLE FUND!!        Thanks    Roger