It is now owned by the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America in Silvis, Illinois, who plans to return the locomotive to operation.

The locomotive's last excursion with UP was in 2015, when it helped the UP's trio of EMD E9 units at the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days event.

As of 2017, a page posted on UP's website said the locomotive "now travels on occasion as part of the UP Heritage Fleet.

The accident killed a railroad employee riding on the nose section and the driver of the dump truck.

[7] In November of that same year, UP moved 6936 and the rest of the donated equipment to the RRHMA's large shop facility in Silvis, Illinois.