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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 by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/2000/01/00101169.jpg] NEW 5 January 2000

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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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