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Metra 125 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive

"DuPage County"

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Outbound Metra 125 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "DuPage County" stops at the station. A Wisconsin Central mixed freight train waits on the siding.

(METX 125, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 30 July 1998 at O'Hare Transfer station).     Image size is available.

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Outbound Metra 125 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "DuPage County" and scoot stop at 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).     Image size is available.

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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).     Image size is available.

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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).     Image size is available.

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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).     Image size is available.

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Metra 125 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "DuPage County" with its outbound scoot stopped at the station. A Wisconsin Central mixed freight train waits on the siding.

(METX 125, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 7 October 1998 at O'Hare Transfer station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 125 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "DuPage County" with its outbound scoot stopped at the station (distant right). A Wisconsin Central mixed freight train waits on the siding (left).

(METX 125, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 7 October 1998 at O'Hare Transfer station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 125 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "DuPage County" pulls its outbound scoot from the station. A Wisconsin Central mixed freight train waits on the siding (left).

(METX 125, O'Hare Transfer station, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, All Metra Stations, Metra NCS, photographed on 7 October 1998 at O'Hare Transfer station).     Image size is available.

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]

Chicago Rail Photographs collection updated 28 November 2023 at 12:29. 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.