Home | Date Photographed21 October 1998 |
Metra scoots and C&NW GeeP at the Chicago Passenger Terminal and Chicago Union Station.
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| Metra 118 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "McHenry County" and Metra 111 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "Beverly Hills" lead commuter train toward Union Station. METX 118, METX 111, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 21 October 1998 at Clinton Street crossing by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/10/98a21k08.jpg] NEW 25 January 2000 |
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Metra 118 was built between 1977 and 1980. It is rated at 3,200 horsepower.
Metra numbers 100-127 were built by General Motors Electromotive Division for EMD order number 766062 in 1977, EMD model F40PH. Metra assigned them to the Rock Island, Milwaukee, and miscelaneous} lines. [Courtesy of Metra Railfan Page]
METX 118, model F40PH, built November 1977, builder number 766062-19, named "McHenry County," assigned to Metra/South West Service. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]
METX 118 is a 3,200 horsepower model F40PH-2, built in 1977 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 118: 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 19 April 2024 at 21:11. 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.