Past Additions -- 1999

Metra scoots and MOW train at Norwood Park station, at the Chicago Passenger Terminal, and the north leads to Union Station.

Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Glencoe" and Metra 150 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Leonard S. Elsenburg" running lite on the Chicago Passenger Terminal. METX 165, METX 150, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 3 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/09/99903095.jpg] NEW 2 November 1999 This image size is ( 1200 x 600; 216 KB ). A smaller image ( 600 x 300; 54 KB ) is also available.

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Metra 165 was built between 1981 and 1983. It is rated at 3,000 horsepower.

Metra numbers 150-173 were built by General Motors Electromotive Division for EMD order number 826017 in 1983, EMD model F40PH-2. Metra assigned them to the Union Pacific lines. [Courtesy of Metra Railfan Page]

METX 165, model F40PH-2, built April 1983, builder number 826017-16, named "Village of Glencoe," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 165 is a 3,200 horsepower model F40PH-2, built between 1970 and 1989 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 165: 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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