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Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive

"Village of Glencoe"

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Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Glencoe" running lite on the lead tracks into the Chicago Passenger Terminal.

(METX 165, 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 21 October 1998 at Chicago Passenger Terminal).     Image size ( 600 x 400; 48 KB ) is available.

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Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Glencoe" and Metra 139 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of River Forest" in Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed.

(METX 165, METX 139, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed).     Image sizes ( 600 x 400; 67 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 211 KB ) are available.

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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.

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Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Glencoe" in the Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed.

(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; 75 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 231 KB ) are available.

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Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Glencoe" in the Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed.

(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; 71 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 231 KB ) are available.

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Metra 160 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Winfield" and Metra 165 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Glencoe" in the train shed at the Chicago Passenger Terminal.

(METX 160, 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; 88 KB ) and ( 1200 x 800; 266 KB ) are available.

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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).     Image sizes ( 600 x 300; 54 KB ) and ( 1200 x 600; 216 KB ) are available.

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]

Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 24 March 2025 at 09:53. Photographs and text copyright © 1998-2000 Harold A. Driscoll, All Rights Reserved. Email address is provided exclusively for personal contact, but emphatically not for use for SPAM net.abuse.