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NW 1218Member since Sep-7-02 · 40 posts

I have some bad news. For those of you that live around Chicago, you probably have seen the Metra F40Cs. Metra has order new locomotives. They are stretch F59PHIs. They are ment to replace all of the F40Cs and some of the older F40PHs. For those of you who trainwatch around the Metra area of the old Milwauke Road lines, now owned by CPRail, get your shots of these old girls now, while they are still around. They started service on the 2 Metra lines in 1971.
Farewell to them. There numbers are 600-614. As you can see, I love these old locomotives.NW 1218

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Goodbye to old friends of Chicago and Philadelphia, csx7381, Dec-17-02, 07:06 PM, (1) RE: Goodbye to old friends of Chicago and Philadelphia, Interborough, Dec-17-02, 09:08 PM, (4) RE: Goodbye to old friends of Chicago and Philadelphia, csx7381, Dec-18-02, 04:00 PM, (7) All of these will disappear:, Interborough, Dec-19-02, 10:42 PM, (8) RE: Saying goodbye to some old friends of Chicago and i, CGW409, Dec-17-02, 07:54 PM, (2) RE: Saying goodbye to some old friends of Chicago and i, CSX789, Dec-17-02, 08:49 PM, (3) RE: Saying goodbye to some old friends of Chicago and i, ace6879, Dec-18-02, 00:36 AM, (5) RE: Saying goodbye to some old friends of Chicago and i, imprezzed, Dec-18-02, 02:08 PM, (6)

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csx7381Member since Oct-29-02 · 317 posts

Goodbye to old friends of Chicago and Philadelphia

LAST EDITED ON Dec-17-02 AT 07:16 PM (EST)

Gee,well if Metra is replacing your favorite F40Cs,SEPTA will replace my favorite Silverliners,Silverliner 2s and 3s with new Silverliner 5. SEPTA says they will order them by 2006.
*sniff,sniff*Silverliner 2 roster(ex-Reading):201-219,251-269,9001-9017(built in 1963)
Silverliner 3 roster(ex-Pennsy):220-239(built in 1967)Mike
Future SEPTA/NS engineer
(I'm only eleven and 3/4)

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InterboroughCharter Member · 341 posts

RE: Goodbye to old friends of Chicago and Philadelphia

And Metro North:
1.) replaced the last of the FL9s and F10s this summer
2.) is removing the last bar cars from service
3.) will retire the ACMU (ex. PC, nee. NYC) fleet in a few years
LIRR:
1.) Is replacing the M-1 fleet
2.) replaced the last FAs in regular service
3.) replaced the first FL9 built
The NYCTA
1.) is retiring the redbirds (all R28/29s are gone now)
2.) is closing of the fronts of all the R62/R62A type cars
3.) Will replace the R40 slants, R40Ms, R42s, R38s, and some R32sThe R32s and R62As are now the best cars in the system.Sorry to hear about the Metra retirement. I hope some of those F40Cs are preserved. We were lucky with a few FL9s that went to Danbury and elsewhere. At least you don't have to deal with something that people have called a shoebox (you know I'm talking about the Genesis P40/P42/P32ACDM ESPECIALLY the P32ACDM).


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csx7381Member since Oct-29-02 · 317 posts

RE: Goodbye to old friends of Chicago and Philadelphia

LAST EDITED ON Dec-18-02 AT 04:11 PM (EST)

I hate to sound stupid,but what does ACMU stand for?Also in 1988 Pittsburgh,PA's Port Authority of Allegheny County retired lots of PCCs on the LRT system(three PCCs where spared,4004,4008,and 4009). In 1993,the Overbrook line shut down,PCCs ran on that line. And finally in 1999,THE ONLY SURVIVING PCC ROUTE,the Drake line,ran a few fantrips for the "Farewell PCC trip". A week later,IT FINALLY SHUT DOWN. PATransit says the Overbrook line is being upgraded for LRVs. It will be done by late next year. the Drake will be upgraded also and will be completed by 2004.Mike
Future SEPTA/NS engineer
(I'm only eleven and 3/4)

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InterboroughCharter Member · 341 posts

All of these will disappear:

LAST EDITED ON Dec-19-02 AT 10:44 PM (EST)

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They are widely known as the 1100s. I think it stands for Alternating Current Multiple Unit. They were built by Pullman Standard for the New York Central Railroad. Other cars that will be retired are the M-1s:
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The bar cars:
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The FL9s
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The F10s
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The FAs
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The R26/28/29s
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The mainline R33/36s
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The R33/36WFs
Saying goodbye to some old friends of Chicago and its s – image 18Some of these are gone, and the rest will be going soon. This does not include the R38s, R40s, R42s, R40Ms, and the beloved R32 Brightliners, which will be replaced by the R160 order to be delivered by 2006 with an option for over 1000 more cars to be delivered by 2009.


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John

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CGW409Charter Member · 316 posts

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NW
Thanks for the heads up I for one never thought I'd miss those coweled SD40s since I didn't live near the MILW all I knew was one day F's,E's and even the odd GP7 or 9 were on point of the MILW scoots and the next these "ugly" blue & white freight engines(realize I was only 10 when they arrived)had taken over.
I'll have to get some pics so unlike the C&NW Crandall cabs they won't just vanish.

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CSX789Member since Aug-28-02 · 133 posts

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ace6879Charter Member · 1483 posts

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"They started service on the 2 Metra lines in 1971."Howdy, Sorry to burst the bubble, but the F40C's were all built in 74. They are kindred to the AMtrak's SDP40F PH 2 units. (blunt nose, not pointed in front.)There were two orders, one for NWSMTD (Nortwest Suburban Mass Transit District) and the other slilps my mind, but I believe it was WSMTD, with the w being west. All originally were lettered for the MILWAUKEE ROAD, with the transit agency lettering on the nose.I have talked to the Illinois Railway Museum about preservation of one, and UNFORTUNATELY, with the steam-bias out there, there is LITTLE intrest. Especially since there is the original CNW equipment out there already. Pity really. It would be nice to see three MILWAUKEE Budd cars, and a F40C out there along side the CNW stuff. A good friend is a Metra engineer, and he LOVES the F40C's. I have the operators manual from one myself. NEAT loco!! Designed to be BOTH freight and passenger.I will HATE to see them go, just liek I HATE the Jap cars replacing the PS, St. Louis Car Company, and Budd built cars.Sigh..I guess I am just getting old!!! and yes, GET YOUR PICS NOW!!!!
Kelley D. Ellison
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imprezzedCharter Member · 25 posts

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And, say goodbye to some old friends up north here! VIA Rail F7's are finally dead, with that Awesome dark blue and bright yellow lettering...VIA Has apparently Killed the Last of the Bombardier LRC's too. Dark Days in Canada. But, I see lights at the end of the tunnel...it's a Dark Green P42. Hey, maybe the days aren't so dark after all.

I wanna highball it through Woodstock, Ont. on none other than...THE TURBOTRAIN!!!

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