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| Metra 179 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive approaches the Park Ridge station, pulling its outbound express scoot (center, track 2) on a Friday afternoon. Metra 157 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Palatine" (distant left, track 3) pushes its inbound scoot toward Chicago. METX 179, METX 157, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 17 April 1998 at Park Ridge station by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/04/98417c03.jpg] NEW 25 January 2000 |
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Metra 179 was built in 1989. It is rated at 3,000 horsepower.
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 179, model F40PH-2, built March 1989, builder number 876017-6, assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]
METX 179 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 179: 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 28 November 2023 at 12:29. 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.