Past Additions -- 1999

A recent Saturday afternoon (4 September) visit to the Waukegan yard and Waukegan station yielded a variety of Metra and freight equipment, including several C&NW cars and a locomotive.

In the yard beside the Waukegan station, with Metra 139 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of River Forest" and scoot in the background METX 139, Waukegan UP yard, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, Rail Yards, CNW Towers, photographed on 4 September 1999 at Waukegan UP locomotive yard by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/09/99904469.jpg] NEW 30 September 1999 This image size is ( 600 x 400; 48 KB ).

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Metra 139 was built between 1977 and 1980. It is rated at 3,200 horsepower.

Metra numbers 128-149 were built by General Motors Electromotive Division for EMD order number 786293 in 1979-80, EMD model F40PH-2. Metra assigned them to the Union Pacific lines. [Courtesy of Metra Railfan Page]

METX 139, model F40PH-2, built December 1979, builder number 786293-12, named "Village of River Forest," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 139 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 139: 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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