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Trains - IMRL
Trains - Iowa Minnesota Rail Link (IMRL)
IMRL operated about 1300 miles of track once owned by Milwaukee Road and later Soo Line in Iowa and Southern Minnesota extending eastward to Chicago. IMRL was featured in Sept 2000 TRAINS. The DM&E made a purchase offer to IMRL in January 2002 for about $150M. With purchase completion July 2002, IMRL was renamed Iowa, Chicago and Eastern (ICE).
EMD SD9
IMRL 609 at Lansing, MN, 11/13/01. 		EMD SD38-2
IMRL 383 at Austin, MN, 6/09/01.
EMD SD40
IMRL 218 at Austin, MN, 12/22/00. 		EMD GP9
IMRL 124 at Austin, MN, 6/12/02. The "torpedo boat" location of air tanks on the roof, indicates this locomotive was perhaps used in passenger service earlier in its life. 		EMD SD9
IMRL 602 at Lansing, MN, 11/13/01.
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