EMD F40C

EMD F40C

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 368,000 lb (167,000 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. Two (#611 and #614)are currently stored in the Western Avenue Railyard.

The EMD F40C is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between March and May 1974 for commuter rail service. It is powered by a 16 cylinder EMD 645E3B, which can produce 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). All 15 examples were ordered by a publicly funded agency to provide for upgrading of service over Milwaukee Road lines west and north from Chicago to Elgin and Fox Lake Illinois. The units later became a part of the Metra locomotive fleet when that agency came to oversee heavy-rail commuter service in Northeast Illinois. All units of the type were withdrawn from regular service with the arrival of new MP36PH locomotives in 2003-2004. Thirteen locomotives were sold to locomotive leasing corporations, although units 611 and 614 were retained and kept on the property in the Western Avenue railyard.

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. Along with a small fleet of HEP-equipped EMD SD70MAC locomotives operating on the Alaska Railroad, the F40Cs are the last six-axle passenger locomotives in daily service in North America.

Metra plans to rebuild F40Cs 611 and 614 to test new prime movers and control packages.^[1]

The locomotives were ordered in two batches, EMD order numbers 73612 (13 locomotives) and 73689 (2 locomotives).^[2] They were all named in Metra service.^[3]

Serial	Build date	MILW road #	Metra road #	Name
73612-1	Apr 1974	51	611	Village of Ontarioville
73612-2	Apr 1974	52	612	State of Illinois
73612-3	Apr 1974	40	600	Village of Bartlett
73612-4	Apr 1974	41	601	City of Elgin
73612-5	Apr 1974	42	602	Village of Bensenville
73612-6	Apr 1974	43	603	Village of Schaumburg
73612-7	Apr 1974	44	604	Village of Elmwood Park
73612-8	Apr 1974	45	605	Village of Hanover Park
73612-9	Apr 1974	46	606	Village of Itasca
73612-10	Apr 1974	47	607	Village of River Grove
73612-11	Apr 1974	48	608	Village of Roselle
73612-12	May 1974	49	609	Village of Streamwood
73612-13	May 1974	50	610	City of Wood Dale
73689-1	May 1974	53	613	Village of Round Lake
73689-2	May 1974	54	614	Edward F. Brabec

References

1. Blaszak, Michael W. "Metra Mojo." Trains 10 Feb. 2015: 56+. Print.
2. "EMD SDP40F, F40C Order Numbers". Unofficial EMD Homepage. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
3. Logan, Brad. "Metra Locomotive Roster". Archived from the original on March 6, 2005. Retrieved 2006-11-17.