Date Photographed

Metra scoots, diesel locomotives, and freight cars at the O'Hare Transfer station.

Outbound Metra 125 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "DuPage County" and scoot depart from the station. A Wisconsin Central mixed freight train waits on the siding. METX 125, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 17 September 1998 at O'Hare Transfer station by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/09/98917k04.jpg] NEW 25 January 2000 This image size is ( 600 x 400; 57 KB ).

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Metra 125 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 125, model F40PH, built November 1977, builder number 766062-26, named "Du Page County," assigned to Metra/North Central Service. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 125 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 125: 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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