doepack wrote:METX 425 gets a makeover into Rock colors, a parting gift to outgoing CEO Don Orseno. Lookin' sharp and spiffy indeed...MTUA: Doepack posted this Metra news about #425 back on December 15, 2017 on page 84.
The colors are Rock Island's 1970s vintage red and yellow scheme...
With the recent news about the Milwaukee Road scheme on MP36 #405 this could be the start of a
Metra locomotive series in predecessor railroad color schemes...Good to see MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS