Train thief took a 120-ton joy ride

The heist from a Kendall sidetrack was revealed on a Sunday, shortly before midnight. A railroad crew came out to crank up locomotive No. 2617 -- a 120-ton blue and yellow behemoth that has snaked up and down the East Coast, hauling loads for CSX. But somehow, it had vanished. They called 911 with a most unusual and alarming request:

We need your help finding our missing locomotive.

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