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Past Additions -- 1999

7 November 1999

Metra equipment at the Clybourn and Waukegan stations.

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Metra 146 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Downers Grove" rests at the Waukegan station.

METX 146, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 6 November 1999 at Waukegan station by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera (with tripod) [railfan/1999/11/99b06024.jpg] NEW 7 November 1999

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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 146, model F40PH-2, built December 1979, builder number 786293-19, named "Village of Downers Grove," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 146 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 146: 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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