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![]() | Chicago Passenger Terminal passing under the CTA Lake Street bridge during a lite engine move out from the Chicago Passenger Terminal. An outbound scoot passes on the right. (METX 154, Chicago Passenger Terminal, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, All Metra Stations, Metra UP N, Metra UP NW, Metra UP W, CNW Stations, photographed on 4 November 1998 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image size ( 600 x 450; 93 KB ) is available. |
![]() | Chicago Passenger Terminal in a lite engine move out from the Chicago Passenger Terminal. An outbound scoot passes on the right. (METX 154, Chicago Passenger Terminal, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, All Metra Stations, Metra UP N, Metra UP NW, Metra UP W, CNW Stations, photographed on 4 November 1998 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image size ( 600 x 400; 72 KB ) is available. |
![]() | Chicago Passenger Terminal in a lite engine move out from the Chicago Passenger Terminal. An outbound scoot passes on the right. (METX 154, Chicago Passenger Terminal, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, All Metra Stations, Metra UP N, Metra UP NW, Metra UP W, CNW Stations, photographed on 4 November 1998 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image size ( 600 x 400; 73 KB ) is available. |
![]() | Metra 154 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of North Chicago" pulls its scoot from the Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed. (METX 154, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed). Image sizes ( 600 x 300; 50 KB ) and ( 1200 x 600; 164 KB ) are available. |
![]() | Metra 154 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of North Chicago" running lite at the Chicago Passenger Terminal. (METX 154, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image sizes ( 600 x 400; 80 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 270 KB ) are available. |
![]() | Metra 154 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of North Chicago" and Chicago & North Western 4190 GM EMD GP7R diesel-electric locomotive running lite at the Chicago Passenger Terminal. (METX 154, CNW 4190, Chicago Passenger Terminal, Track, Signal bridges, Dwarf signals, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, CNW, GM EMD GP7R, CNW locomotives, All Metra Stations, Metra UP N, Metra UP NW, Metra UP W, CNW Stations, other, Signals, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image sizes ( 600 x 450; 120 KB ) and ( 1200 x 900; 388 KB ) are available. |
![]() | Chicago & North Western 4190 GM EMD GP7R diesel-electric locomotive running lite at Chicago Passenger Terminal, with Metra 154 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of North Chicago" in the background. (CNW 4190, METX 154, CNW, GM EMD GP7R, CNW locomotives, Locomotives, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image sizes ( 600 x 300; 62 KB ) and ( 1200 x 600; 197 KB ) are available. |
![]() | Metra 154 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of North Chicago" running lite at the Chicago Passenger Terminal. (METX 154, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image sizes ( 600 x 400; 69 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 217 KB ) are available. |
![]() | Metra 154 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of North Chicago" running lite at the Chicago Passenger Terminal. (METX 154, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal). Image sizes ( 600 x 400; 82 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 245 KB ) are available. |
![]() | Metra 154 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of North Chicago" and Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Glencoe" in the train shed at the Chicago Passenger Terminal. (METX 154, METX 165, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed). Image sizes ( 600 x 400; 69 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 221 KB ) are available. |
Metra 154 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 154, model F40PH-2, built March 1983, builder number 826017-5, named "City of North Chicago," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]
METX 154 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 154: 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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