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2 January 2000

Deval Tower and Des Plaines and Cumberland stations in Des Plaines (Illinois).

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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 by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/2000/01/00102732.jpg] NEW 23 January 2000

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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]

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