2025年2月21日 · The Illinois Railway Museum would like to express its gratitude to Metra for the donation of F40C locomotive 614, which is expected to arrive at the IRM site in Union soon. This unique and distinctive six-axle passenger diesel served for decades in Chicago commuter service, operating over the Milwaukee Road lines of what today is the Metra ...

Less than three months from retirement, Metra 614 leads Milwaukee District West Line train #2231 as it pulls away from the Itasca station on May 17, 2004. Only a few weeks from retirement, F40C 614 trails new MP36 423 on Milwaukee District West Line train #2231 as it rolls into Bensenville on July 7, 2004.

Metra 614 is an F40C diesel passenger locomotive built in 1974 by EMD for commuter service out of Chicago over the Milwaukee Road.

The EMD F40C is a 6-axle 3,200 horsepower (2.4 MW) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in 1974 for commuter service in Chicago.

2025年2月25日 · The Illinois Railway Museum would like to express its gratitude to Metra for the donation of F40C locomotive 614, which is expected to arrive at the IRM site in Union soon. This unique and distinctive six-axle passenger diesel served for decades in Chicago commuter service, operating over the Milwaukee Road lines of what today is the Metra ...

Metra No. 614 is an F40C type diesel locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) in May 1974, originally for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW), also known as the Milwaukee Road, as their No. 54. It was used in passenger service for the MILW until they went bankrupt in 1983.

2025年2月24日 · Metra has donated one of the last surviving F40C locomotives to the Illinois Railway Museum. The locomotive, which has been stored in Chicago for over a decade, was moved to the museum in Union, Ill., on Sunday. Metra 614 was built in …

2025年2月21日 · UNION, Ill. — Metra has donated F40C No. 614, one of just two such surviving locomotives, to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM says in a press release that it hopes to restore the locomotive to operating condition. It had seen some cannibalization for parts during its final years in storage at Metra, and is missing components including its ...

On February 23rd, 2025, Metra F40C #614 made its final departure from the Western Avenue Coach Yard outside of Chicago enroute to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. The unique...

2025年2月23日 · #metra UPY 711 leads the Metra 614 Special move w/ METX 614 in tow to IRM where 614 will be preserved....more.