EMD F40C information

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
• UIC	Co’Co’
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 16-645E3B
Engine type	V16 diesel
Cylinders	16

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

EMD F40C
EMD F40C
	Metra F40C #605
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Build date	March – May 1974
Total produced	15
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
• UIC	Co’Co’
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 16-645E3B
Engine type	V16 diesel
Cylinders	16
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	3,200 hp (2,390 kW)
Operators
Career
Operators	Milwaukee Road, Metra
Locale	Chicago, Illinois, and its northwest suburbs
Disposition	Two in storage, remainder scrapped

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 Chicago. EMD only built 15 locomotives; the decline 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.^[1] 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 until the delivery of Metra's first SD70MACH in 2022.

As of March 2022, all but two F40Cs have been retired, though none are operating. They were replaced by the MPI MP36PH-3S in 2003–2004. Locomotives #600-#609 and #613 were the first to be retired in 2003 and had their road numbers unregistered with the Federal Railroad Administration. They were all retired before 2007. #610 was unregistered in 2004 and was sent to National Railway Equipment in Dixmoor, Illinois. It was scrapped on September 24, 2020.^[2] The only F40Cs that remain are #611 and 614. Both locomotives are currently stored in Metra's Western Avenue rail yard.

^ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 88. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
^ "RailPictures.Net Photo: METX 610 Metra EMD F40C at Dixmoor, Illinois by Nick Hart".

[1] Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 88. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.

[2] "RailPictures.Net Photo: METX 610 Metra EMD F40C at Dixmoor, Illinois by Nick Hart".

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