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Metra 144 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive
"Village of Chicago Ridge"
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Home | Metra 144 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive"Village of Chicago Ridge" |
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 | Metra 170 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Winnetka" and Metra 144 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Chicago Ridge" [right] at the Waukegan Metra yard. (METX 170, METX 144, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 January 2000 at Waukegan Metra yard). Image size is available. |
 | Metra 144 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Chicago Ridge" at the Waukegan Metra yard. (METX 144, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 January 2000 at Waukegan Metra yard). Image size is available. |
 | Metra 170 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Winnetka" with Metra 144 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Chicago Ridge" and Metra 140 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of Mc Henry" [left to right] at the Waukegan Metra yard. (METX 170, METX 144, METX 140, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 January 2000 at Waukegan Metra yard). Image size is available. |
 | Metra 144 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Chicago Ridge" at the Waukegan Metra yard. (METX 144, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 January 2000 at Waukegan Metra yard). Image size is available. |
 | Metra 140 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of Mc Henry" with Metra 144 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Chicago Ridge" and Metra 170 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Winnetka" [distant] at the Waukegan Metra yard. (METX 140, METX 144, METX 170, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 1 January 2000 at Waukegan Metra yard). Image size is available. |
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 144, model F40PH-2, built December 1979, builder number 786293-17, named "Village of Chicago Ridge," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]
METX 144 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 144: 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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