EMD F59PH
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The EMD F59PH is a four-axle 3,000 hp B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division from 1988 to 1994. A variant, the F59PHI, was produced from 1994 to 2001. The F59PH
Top: F59PH operated by Amtrak on the Piedmont Bottom: F59PHI operated by Amtrak on the Capitol Corridor
City of High Point with the Piedmont at Salisbury, August 2016
Metra
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Metra, officially the Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, is a commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area that forms part of the Northern Illinois Transit Aut
EMD F59PH
…retiring its F59PH locomotives in 2008 in favor of newer MPI MPXpress locomotives. Most were purchased by other operators including Exo (10 locomotives), Metra (3), NCDOT (11) for use on the Piedmont, and Trinity Railway Express (7). Five of the NCDOT units were rebuilt into cab control units without prime…
A Metra train at Mundelein station, July 2026
RTA EMD F40PH No. 123 crossing the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois, in 1981
Metra EMD F40C No. 614 in Chicago
Metra purchased used, re-purposed freight locomotives known as the SD70MACH to cost-effectively address its aging fleet