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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive

"Village of Worth"

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" pushes its inbound scoot (train 634) through Norward Park station

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 2 September 1999 at Norwood Park station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" in the Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed.

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 3 September 1999 at Chicago Passenger Terminal train shed).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" pulls its outbound scoot (train 615) into Norward Park station

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 10 September 1999 at Norwood Park station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" pulls its outbound scoot into Norward Park station

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 10 September 1999 at Norwood Park station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" leads its scoot #709 into the Cumberland station on a Sunday afternoon.

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 2 January 2000 at Cumberland station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" leads its scoot #709 from the Cumberland station on a Sunday afternoon.

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 2 January 2000 at Cumberland station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" leads its scoot #709 from the Cumberland station on a Sunday afternoon.

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 2 January 2000 at Cumberland station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" at Harvard station on an overcast Sunday afternoon.

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 6 February 2000 at Harvard station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 140 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "City of Mc Henry" and Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" [near to far] at Harvard station on an overcast Sunday afternoon.

(METX 140, METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 6 February 2000 at Harvard station).     Image size is available.

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Metra 175 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Worth" at Harvard station on an overcast Sunday afternoon.

(METX 175, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 6 February 2000 at Harvard station).     Image size is available.

Metra numbers 174-180 were built by General Motors Electromotive Division for EMD order number 876017 in 1988-89, EMD model F40PH-2. Metra assigned them to the Union Pacific lines. [Courtesy of Metra Railfan Page]

METX 175, model F40PH-2, built January 1989, builder number 876017-2, named "Village of Worth," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 175 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 175: 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 7 August 2024 at 15:01. 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.