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Metra 116 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Orland Park"

Metra 116 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Orland Park" in Union Station. (METX 116, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 23 October 1999 at Chicago Union Station).     Image sizes ( 600 x 300; 38 KB ) and ( 1200 x 600; 139 KB ) are available.

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 116, model F40PH, built November 1977, builder number 766062-17, named "Village of Orland Park," assigned to Metra/South West Service. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 116 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 116: 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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