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11 December 1999

West Chicago and Geneva stations and passing trains. Amtrak and Metra trains at Chicago Union Station.

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Metra 168 GM EMD F40PH-2 diesel-electric locomotive "Village of Maywood" pushes a scoot at the West Chicago station.

METX 168, METX, GM EMD F40PH-2, Metra locomotives, Locomotives, photographed on 11 December 1999 at West Chicago station by Harold A. Driscoll using a Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 digital camera [railfan/1999/11/99c11046.jpg] NEW 18 December 1999

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Metra numbers 150-173 were built by General Motors Electromotive Division for EMD order number 826017 in 1983, EMD model F40PH-2. Metra assigned them to the Union Pacific lines. [Courtesy of Metra Railfan Page]

METX 168, model F40PH-2, built April 1983, builder number 826017-19, named "Village of Maywood," assigned to Metra/Union Pacific lines. [courtesy of Metra Locomotive Information, by Mike Azen, February 2000]

METX 168 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 168: 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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