Metra 127 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive

Metra 127 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "City of Glenview" pushes its scoot into the Chicago Passenger Terminal. METX 127, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/09/99901079.jpg] NEW 31 October 1999 This image size is ( 1200 x 800; 191 KB ). A smaller image ( 600 x 400; 59 KB ) is also available.

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Metra numbers 100-127 were built by General Motors Electromotive Division for EMD order number 766062 in 1977, EMD model F40PH. Metra assigned them to the Rock Island, Milwaukee, and miscelaneous} lines. [Courtesy of Metra Railfan Page]

METX 127, model F40PH, built December 1977, builder number 766062-28, named "Village of Glenview," assigned to Metra/Milwuakee District. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 127 is a 3,200 horsepower model F40PH-2, built in 1977 by General Motors Electro Motive Division. [courtesy of The Official Locomotive Rosters & News, James W. Kerr, 2000 edition, ISBN 0-919295-32-0, August 1999]

Equipment characteristics of METX 127: AAR car type D215 (locomotive), plate type E, external dimensions (length 56' 2", width 10' 8", height 15' 8"). [courtesy of BNSF Equiptment Characteristics, October 1999]

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