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EMD F40c Base

WIwindows_xp_2001-2014•Created June 8, 2022
EMD F40c Base
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Please give me credit if you want to use this Here is some history on the F40c(from Wikipedia): In the early 1970s the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") operated two commuter rail lines in Chicago: the Milwaukee District / North Line to Fox Lake via the Canadian Pacific Railway's C&M Subdivision, and the Milwaukee District / West Line to Elgin via the CP's Elgin Subdivision. The operation of these lines was subsidized by local transit agencies. In 1974 two local agencies, the North West Suburban Mass Transit District and the North Suburban Mass Transit District, funded the acquisition of 15 F40Cs for use on the Milwaukee lines. The locomotives passed to Metra on the latter's creation in the 1980s but continued to operate on the ex-Milwaukee lines.[4] The F40C was withdrawn from regular service with the arrival of new MPI MP36PH-3S locomotives in 2003–2004.[5] Twelve locomotives were sold to locomotive leasing corporations, although units 611 and 614 were retained and kept on the property in the Western Avenue railyard. Another F40C, 610, went to National Railway Equipment after being retired early.[6] In the spring of 2009, units 611 and 614 were placed back into revenue service on both of Metra's ex-Milwaukee Road commuter lines. This was done to cover schedules while the oldest units in Metra's EMD F40PH fleet were being rebuilt. Towards the end of 2016, with many F40PH-2 and F40PHM-2 locomotives being sent out for rebuild, there was an increased likelihood that the 611 and the 614 will be put back into service. Along with a small fleet of HEP-equipped EMD SD70MAC locomotives operating on the Alaska Railroad, the F40Cs were the last six-axle passenger locomotives in daily service in North America, although Metra has since ordered a fleet of SD70MACH locomotives. #611 and #614 are retained for the purpose of filling the roles of locomotives that have broken down or are being rebuilt. Despite this, neither locomotive has seen regular service since 2012.[citation needed] Metra at one time did have plans to rebuild F40Cs 611 and 614 to test new prime movers and control packages. Due to a lack of bidders, this plan has been put on hold indefinitely.[7] June 15, 2022: I forgot to add the P5(I think these have) and am to lazy to add it

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Project ID702841168
CreatedJune 8, 2022
Last ModifiedJuly 29, 2022
SharedJune 8, 2022
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