Trackside - Remembering Metra's F40C locomotives

[jeremykhn]

Here's something, Amtrak tested the early ICE trains and they chose the Acela over the ICE. SO HAHAHA!!!!!

[frankthetank961]

I think the Illinois Railway Museum should get one and keep it preserved and running

[90Blakey]

i think some are still used. the new ones are shiny but i like the F40s better

[Leveractionjake]

These engines always reminded me of a crossbreed between EMD's first generation F units and a geep.

[sethamtrak]

I love f40c's!

[BentraxVideos]

Awesome!

[PsPmax95]

why did metra remove the F40C's operation?

[xrecon815]

horn at 00:43 is the best horn ever!!!

[metraF40PH163]

Man, that last clip with them sitting on the deadline was sad. I saw the same deadline when I went to chicago a few years back. It is sad the only kept the 611 and 614.

[jimmythemufflers]

Junk! Wheres my bad order tags???

[alangummybear]

the horn at 0:42 - 0:59, LOL!

[MHWulf]

Excellent footage! I miss these F40C's. So much better looking than the F40PH.

[starcraftguy1]

why can they use cab cars on both ends of the train?

when they use the cab car, is there someone in the locomotive?

[Trainlover4ever2006]

Nice footage.

[FrankTheTank987]

thats sad that they didnt preserve some

[FrankTheTank987]

ive never seen one in my life

[metroliner89]

UGLY compared to F40PH's!

[daviderutkowski]

when were these filmed

[tracksidefan]

These videos were shot over a 2 or 3 year period ending with almost all of the locomotives lined up outside the Metra shops in 2004.

[daviderutkowski]

metras stared in 1984

[NJT4211]

these were Metra's big boys that's the nickname i call these things "big boy"

[carbajaljuan00]

nate spongebob en vivo

[skinnyshit8888]

I like how 614 and 611 are still up and running!

[mjd4277]

As proven as the F40Cs were,they were getting long in the tooth-they were all built in 1973-1974 so age was catching up with them. Plus the emissions and noise they made especially at night weren't exactly one of their strong suits. Most of the F40Cs were sold to KCS as more MP36s were delivered to Metra.

[whatchamacallit]

If I am not mistaken, they used Nathan P3 horns?

[ThuaTaurn07]

P5 horns

[prfsnlwannabe]

I wish Metra would put some more F40Cs into service, besides just #611 and #614. Doesn't Metra have additional F40Cs that aren't in service, and just sitting in one of their yards?

Least both of them are again in service, for now.

[Neonspinnazz30]

Yeah, the new MP-36s are now beginning to break down so Metra has plans of bringing back the good ol' F40Cs!

[NJT4211]

Is that true that METRA is going to bring back the F40C's because I like the F40PH,F40PH-2,F40C and the MP36PH-3S I think just about all Metra equipment is cool.

[Neonspinnazz30]

I've heard rumors because the new MP36's are breaking down after a recent upgrade. The 611 and the 614 are back in service. I believe they'll make a comeback if the MP36s keep up at the rate they're going.

I saw the 614 yesterday, it was pulling a disabled MP with the coach cars on the end...

[fafnir242]

Poetic justice.  Now if only Amtrak could do that with the F40PHs, because the P42s are starting to go to shit.

[kmillard]

New locomotives are ALWAYS breaking down. It literally takes YEARS before the bugs are worked out of a locomotive, just in time for them to be retired. I remember always reading about F40PH failures in the 1980's and now its the P42's.

[gp40mc]

Nice video! I like the F40PHs Metra uses now better but these are great too!

The comment below was to teles333.

[teles333]

Is it true that these locomotives were always operating at run 8 of the throttle?

[gp40mc]

Well F40s have to run at high RPMs in order to provide HEP to the cars. The throttle controls how much electric current is sent to the wheels instead of how fast the engine is running. Standby mode reduces the RPMs and there is also a mode to run the engine conventionally without HEP. That is why they are so loud!

[mt90945557]

They brought 614 & 611 back into service

[Neonspinnazz30]

Yeah, I saw the two that Metra still owns while on the way to Union Station. They were coupled together covered in ice. They looked like they were gathering rust...

Bummer, they were great locos =(

[TrainTrackTrav]

0:45 is the best! 5***** and faved!

[franklinterrier]

Well atleast 3 are left. One in a scrapyrad down in Dixmoor. The other 2 Metra still has, one of which is in service while the F40ph's are being rebuilt.

[METRA475]

i can not belive how much those MP-36 suck snow in the fan =shutdown

[Metracab123]

cool videos what kind of camera is this? check my videos out some time. and subscribe and tell all of your friends.

[Chicagojoe28]

Those trains look awsome!! (:

[nickmax11]

by the metra station where i live f60c's come by often

[MSShock]

614 is the only one still at the Western Ave yard. 611 is MIA

[MSShock]

Nevermind, It's back

[SantaFe3751Fan]

Guess what! Some of the F40C's are coming back! The MP36's are needing repair. F40C's are going to take some of their places!

[NJT4211]

These F40C's are way cooler then MP36PH locomotives.

[TrainzMaster3000]

so are they still running, or are they going like the redbirds did?

[Xxolivia333xX]

i dont understand, how come there taking away F-40's now. I mean, it just doesnt make sense. They were good loco's

[NJT4111]

extreamly good locos, the engineers complain about slow loading and poor ampounts of leg room

[Xxolivia333xX]

ohh okay, then why dont they just make it bigger besides scrap em.. lol, they should update them

[NJT4111]

yeah i know, because railroads are normally in it for money, and they figure if it's old scrape it, it bites

[Xxolivia333xX]

Bites.... =(

[EJE665]

There are still two left on Metra property but they haven't been used since 2005. There are rumors they will return to service when the oldest F40PHs go in for their rebuilds. One other one went to NREX and the other 12 went to HLCX.

[NJT4111]

That would be cool is the rental companies used them on freight. But I would like them in passenger

[skinnyshit8888]

R.I.P. Metra F40C

[BNSF9250]

are they gone!

[ERIELACKU34CH]

ive always wondered what exactly is the difference between the SDP40F and the F40C.

[1980sman]

love the clip of METX 614 at the switching tower (is that spaulding?) with the horn. nice job!

[TommyBNSF]

That is actually Rondout.

[ludah99]

They where really nice engines, and they pulled there own weight. But it was getting to costly to keep rebuilding the engines so they decided just to buy new ones. But im not really a fan of the new ones!!!!!

[Hermdog69]

Why did they have to be nice and sell them away....

[ludah99]

The F40c has 6 axles, and the F40's only have 4 axles. And the F40c have a slightly bigger engine.

[tracksidefan]

Both the 4 axle F40PH's and the 6 axle F40C's use the same EMD 645 diesel rated at 3,000 hp. The F40C were patterned after Amtrak's SDP40F and were originally built for the Milwaukee Road. The stainless steel panels on the sides are for appearence only.

[ludah99]

Oopss i was reading the wrong info! I still miss seeing them running :(

[Planeguy13]

How are these any different then the other F40s? The shiny thing on the side?

[DarkAltiar]

I miss those engines. Why they stop using them? Those engines where awsome but now i rarely see them.

[LightMyFire92]

611 and 614 are still at Western Ave. in case they're needed as backup power.

[502250223]

Frank Marling is working for Amtrak In the east and is on the Silver Star

[lexmarks567]

nice video. I never been on a metra will have to do so next time im in chicago whats it like on boad

[LightMyFire92]

There nice on the inside. Double decker (Obviously), there are digital signs with the next station stop on them, the seats are comfy, and on the older coaches, the seats flip forward and backward.

[iSelltohunters06]

they still do

[Metrarailboy1]

those were some cool locomotives love them

[trentjameskennedy]

up train coudlnt agree more

[Hermdog69]

Nice video

[MUgoldeneagles77]

nice video

i wish metra could have kept those engines. i thought they were the nicest ones they had.

[ACLTony]

Excellent video! Wish it were longer. I've always been a big fan of EMD cowl locomotives.

[sillyluc]

thats a lot of metras at the end :o

[mta77]

sorry blutorse but these trains are kinda retarded..u americans want to be the leading nation of the world???ha ha ha...your trains are from a past century.....

[tracksidefan]

To mta77,

Thank you for the kind words regarding our commuter trains. I'm sure the trains in Germany are always on time, never break down, are always spotless, and are aesthetically flawless works of art.

How many ICE trains are 50 years old?

[michaelcorleonepate]

@tracksidefan I must apologize for my compatriot. There are a lot of problems with even the latest ICEs, even though no ICE is more than 20 year of age. And they are not always on time. Maybe Metra equipment is not the most modern, but it has style.

[beekersk8]

Do you know what the trains are for? They are commuter trains that stop along every town on the route, they're not designed for speed. And last time I checked, you idiots were using manual buffer and chain couplers for freight trains. I know some transit solutions aren't modern over here, but it's much easier to put a modern infastructure into place after your country gets largely destroyed in World War II, just like how you guys did. Du kannst mich mal.

[BoxcarFrank]

The horns on Euro trains are gay sounding.

[UPTRAIN]

You do know that the "past century" was less then 7 years ago, right?

Last time I checked, we run coal trains that could wrap around your country twice. We're still using locomotives in revenue service that are 50 years old. Where are yours? The scrap yard?

Continued in Part 2

[zeldafanguy20]

@mta77 yo check out our newest ones mp36, key word in title remembering. These are the oldest engines of ours still running, our newer ones still don't compare to the perfection of yours, becuz ur perfect

[supreme2005]

@mta77 Yeah and the commuter trains in Illinois are going to keep us from being the leading nation of the world. Sorry to break it to you but we've been the leading nation of the world for a long time.

[prfsnlwannabe]

That(Western Ave yard) was one of my favorite parts of this vid, too!

I also really miss the Pullman cars. Didn't Metra sell a few of those cars to the new commuter rail system that just started running in Nashville last year? (I do know if it wasn't exactly those, they did sell some of their other, older double-deckers to Nashville's system)

Also, are #611 and #614 still used on Metra at all, anymore?

[mta77]

wow,does yor local train system still relay on those old dubble deckin trains pulled by a disel engine??

come to europe and see modern transit solutions...

[bLuToRsE]

Pfft. Euro-Trains = Lame. Electric Trains are for pansies.

[CNW4404]

And have absurdly high taxes to pay for trains that cost more!

[2GUNBOY]

I know where all four Metra EMD E8s are at, they are in a locomotive yard in Silvis, Illinois. But, they are in a NO TRESPASSING zone, so you'll have to have the o.k. to go back there. I don't know how long they're going to be there, they're coupled in a row with other locomotives, waiting to be scraped. That's just to bad.

[1974rail]

does anyone know a guy name frank marling and he was a engineer on the north line

[Metra416]

Frank Marling now works for Amtrak out east, or atleast that was the last I had heard...

[2GUNBOY]

Metra still has two F40Cs #611 and #614 and are only used if needed.

Plus does anybody have any videos of the BN E9s?

[MIKECNW]

yes it is. Also does anyone have old videos of the C&NW E-8's that were painted RTA colors? Don't know how many of them existed after the RTA takeover, they were pretty much gone by the end of the 1980s.

Also it would be nice if anyone has old films of the Chicago railroads prior to the RTA takeover to maybe show them here on youtube.

[CSX6000]

Very nice! Loved the P5 on #614.