who currently oversees capital projects in Metra’s Mechanical Department, has been with the F40PH since the beginning, having spent part of his early career at EMD. He served as EMD’s training center ...

Now designated as F40PH-3s, these units, features the railroad’s new paint scheme previously applied to F59PHs. Metra awarded Progress Rail Services Corp. the contract in 2015 to rebuild 41 EMD ...

Metra CEO/Executive Director Don Orseno said the F40PH models, considered the Metra passenger fleet’s backbone, “have been in commuter service longer than any other locomotive type in North ...

Under approval from the Metra Board, the network has contracted Progress Rail to convert three of its oldest diesels to battery power, specifically its EMD F40PH-3s according to International ...