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Metra 148 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive

"Village of Fox Lake"

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Metra 148 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Fox Lake" pulls outbound express scoot quickly through the station on the center track 2.

METX 148, Park Ridge station, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, All Metra Stations, Metra UP NW, CNW Stations, photographed on 17 April 1998 at Park Ridge station by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/04/98417a13.jpg] NEW 25 January 2000

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Metra 148 was built between 1977 and 1980. It is rated at 3,200 horsepower.

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 148, model F40PH-2, built January 1980, builder number 786293-21 , named "Village of Fox Lake," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 148 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 148: 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 25 October 2024 at 01:54. 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.