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  • About the TRR
    • +- TRR History
    • +- TRR Map
    • +- TRR One-LIne >
      • +- TRR in MR >
        • ---MR - Pages 1-4
        • ---MR - Pages 5-8
    • +- TRR - Oops
  • RailPro Products
    • RailPro Starter Set
    • Hand Held Controller HC-2
    • Computer Interface CI-1
    • LM-3 Module - no sound
    • LM-3S Module (sound)
    • LM-3S-G Module w/ sound
    • ProducPWR-56 Model Railroad Power Supply
  • Contact
  • TRR Operations
    • -- CTC and Signals
    • -- Photos >
      • Turntable & Roundhouse project
    • -- Paperwork for Operations
    • -- Crew
    • -- Communications
  • TRR Equipment
    • -- Locomotives
    • -- TewsCo and Other
  • Along the Line
    • -- Allouez
    • +- Pulp Siding
    • +- Iron River
    • -- Ore Junction
    • -- State Line
    • -- Iron Junction
    • -- North Range
    • -- Cutoff
    • +- Kelly Lake
    • -- Tac Jct - Valley
    • -- Switchback
    • -- Soo Jct - Chisholm
    • -- Chisholm Yard
    • -- Pokegema
    • -- Duluth >
      • -- Duluth Mineral & Energy Terminal (DMET) >
        • -- Car Mover - Unloader
    • -- Virginia
  • John H. Tews, MMR
    • -- About John
    • -- Awards
  • News & Info
    • TRR Gazette 15
    • TRR Gazette 14
    • TRR Gazette 13
    • TRR Gazette 12
    • TRR Gazette 11
    • TRR Gazette 10
    • TRR Gazette 9
    • TRR Gazette 8b
    • TRR Gazette 8c
Significant Dates in the History of  the Timber River Railway

June 22, 1968                                  Railroad in operating  - 5 pole rotary block switches

August 3, 1968                                Gold Spike -  First operating session

December, 1980                              Operating Session 100

January, 1985                                  Layout featured in MR

October, 1986                                  Gold Spike 2 – CTC80 Command Control

November 18, 1989                         Last run of the old layout w/ 3 track bridge

January 20, 1990                             Gold Spike 3 – First run on the revised TRR -- Operating Session 200

September, 1991                              Added Pokegema / Duluth level

November, 1992                               MR Cover feature

October, 1996                                    Added 3 color signals and Dispatcher Panel


May, 1997                                           Automated International Falls and  Mountain Iron

June 22, 2002                                    Session 307 – L. Sukup, dispatcher

February, 2006                                  Start DCC installation -- Required replacing 77 track detectors

May, 2012                                           Construction of Scottsville and West Yard


September, 2013                               Signal system back in operation

January 24, 2015                               TRR back in operation -- O
perating Session 308


February 28, 2015                              Session 309- Tunnel 3 collapse - all  rail traffic embargoed

March 21, 2015                                   Session 310 - short crew - part of Tunnel 3 daylighted - new Kelly Lake Depot

April 18, 2015                                      Session 311- Added a 3rd engineer to Allouez Yard

May 16, 2015                                       Session 312- scheduled session

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