Railroad Heritage of Midwest America is raising money to put one of the last F40C locomotives in existence back into service. Metra 611 was donated to RRHMA earlier this year and moved from Chicago to Silvis, Ill., in March. RRHMA said it hopes to eventually use Metra 611 in excursion service. Last year, the non-profit used its ex-Union Pacific “Centennial” on an excursion on Iowa Interstate. Metra 611 was built in April 1974 as Milwaukee Road…
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