EMD F40C

EMD F40C

Metra F40C #614

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Model EMD F40C Build date March – May 1974 Total produced 15

Specifications Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Length 68 ft 10 in (20.98 m) Width 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) Height 15 ft 7.5 in (4.763 m) Loco weight 364,000 lb (165,000 kg) Prime mover EMD 645E3B Engine type V16 diesel Cylinders 16

Performance figures Power output 3,200 hp (2,390 kW)

Career Operators Milwaukee Road, Metra Locale Chicago, Illinois, and its northwest suburbs Disposition Twelve sold to Helm Leasing in East St. Louis, Illinois; all presumed scrapped. One (#610) sent to National Railway Equipment Company in Dixmoor, Illinois and scrapped. Two (#611 and #614) are currently stored in the Western Avenue Railyard.

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	EMD F40C
Build date	March – May 1974
Total produced	15

Specifications
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	68 ft 10 in (20.98 m)
Width	10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Height	15 ft 7.5 in (4.763 m)
Loco weight	364,000 lb (165,000 kg)
Prime mover	EMD 645E3B
Engine type	V16 diesel
Cylinders	16

Performance figures
Power output	3,200 hp (2,390 kW)

Career
Operators	Milwaukee Road, Metra
Locale	Chicago, Illinois, and its northwest suburbs
Disposition	Twelve sold to Helm Leasing in East St. Louis, Illinois; all presumed scrapped. One (#610) sent to National Railway Equipment Company in Dixmoor, Illinois and scrapped. Two (#611 and #614) are currently stored in the Western Avenue Railyard.

The EMD F40C is a 6-axle 3,200 horsepower (2.4 MW) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in 1974 for commuter service in the Chicago. EMD only built 15 locomotives; the growing unpopularity of the 6-axle design for passenger service led to the adoption of the 4-axle EMD F40PH as the standard passenger locomotive in the United States. The MPI MP36PH-3S replaced the F40C in regular service in 2003–2004.

As of January 2017, no F40Cs are operating. Locomotives #600-#609 and #613 were sent to East Saint Louis, Illinois in 2004 and had their road numbers unregistered with the Federal Railroad Administration. They were all scrapped before 2007. #610 was unregistered in 2004 and was sent to National Railway Equipment in Dixmoor, Illinois. The only F40Cs that remain in operable condition are #611 and #614. Both locomotives are on long-term hold and are stored in Metra's Western Avenue rail yard.

The F40C is derived from the EMD SDP40F; the primary difference between the two is the substitution of a 500-kilowatt (670 hp) HEP generator for the SDP40F's steam generator. It is powered by a 16 cylinder EMD 645E3B, producing 3,200 horsepower (2,390 kW). It uses the same frame as the EMD SD40-2, giving it an overall length of 68 feet 10 inches (20.98 m).

In the early 1970s the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") operated two commuter rail lines in Chicago: Chicago–Fox Lake and Chicago–Elgin. 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.

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