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Other railroads with F-40's?
I work for the grand canyon railroad and we have 3 F-40's in operation on our line. I was wondering what other railroads use F-40's these days?
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- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
For a good overview of the history and disposition of F-40 units (although now somewnat out of date) find a copy of Trains Magazine for December 1999. The feature article by Sean Graham-White and Lester Weil (the cover proclaims "The Diesel That Saved Amtrak") contains rosters of all units built for Amtrak and other initial owners and disposition (operating, leased,scrapped, stored or sold) at that time. If your railroad's units retained their original numbers (237,295) they were stored at that point. The only units already sold by Amtrak were two that went to Tri-Rail in the Miami area of Florida (363 and 379 becoming Tri-Rail 810 and 811). Other buyers of F40PH model new were Boston MBTA, Caltrain, Chicago RTA, Chicago Metra, Toronto GO Transit (6 units built 1978 and sold to Amtrak in 1990), New Jersey Transit, Speno (4 units for rail grinding trains) and VIA Rail Canada. F40PH derivatives by Morrison-Knudsen and heir Boise Locomotive Company were built for Miami-Tri Rail, Boston MBTA, Coaster California, and Caltrain. Living in the Boston area I am familiar with the MBTA Morrison-Knudsen units that were rebuilt with new frames in 1991 from ex-Canadian National GP-40W (Safety Cab) units (these units are now being overhauled in batches at Norfolk Southern Juniata Shops in Altoona PA)- they do not have the typical F40PH car body. MBTA does have F-40PH-2Cs that were built by EMD in 1987-88 at the end of F40 production that have a car body similar to the F40PH, but are about ten feet longer.
Source(s): TRAINS Magazine-Volume 59 Number 12-December 1999-"The Little Locomotive That Did It" pp52-61 - AndyLv 710 years ago
The Chicago Metra still uses them,as does Canada's Via rail.CSX still uses them on business trains and there are quite a few being used on tourist railroads.
Source(s): UPRR engineer - Melissa ELv 610 years ago
Off the top of my head, I know VIA was using them, MBTA in Boston has a few, I'm certain there's more.