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Metra 109 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Robbins"

	Inbound Metra 109 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Robbins" stops at the station. A Wisconsin Central mixed freight train waits on the siding. (METX 109, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 30 July 1998 at O'Hare Transfer station).     Image size ( 600 x 400; 47 KB ) is available.
	Inbound Metra 109 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Robbins" stops at the station. A Wisconsin Central mixed freight train waits on the siding. (METX 109, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 30 July 1998 at O'Hare Transfer station).     Image size ( 600 x 400; 38 KB ) is available.

Metra 109 was built between 1977 and 1980. It is rated at 3,200 horsepower.

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 109, model F40PH, built October 1977, builder number 766062-10, named "Village of Robbins," assigned to Metra/Milwuakee District. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 109 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 109: 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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