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 161 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of Wheaton" running lite at the Chicago Passenger Terminal. METX 161, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 16 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/09/99916036.jpg] NEW 2 November 1999 This image size is ( 1200 x 900; 229 KB ). A smaller image ( 600 x 450; 69 KB ) is also available.

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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 161, model F40PH-2, built April 1983, builder number 826017-12, named "City of Wheaton," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 161 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 161: 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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