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Metra 122 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive

"Village of Deerfield"

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Metra 122 GM EMD F40PH diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Deerfield" pulls outbound commuter train from Union Station.

METX 122, METX, GM EMD F40PH, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 23 October 1998 at Chicago Union Station north leads by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 digital camera [railfan/1998/10/98a23j07.jpg] NEW 25 January 2000

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Metra 122 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 122, model F40PH, built November 1977, builder number 766062-23, named "Village of Deerfield," assigned to Metra/South West Service. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 122 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 122: 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.