After Metra, Via Rail Canada has the secondlargest fleet of F40PH-2s (54 units). Metra's F40PHM-2s are similar in appearance to the GE Genesis. Included in this fleet is the last F40PH built by EMD (as a F40PHM-2) in 1992, Metra #214.
The largest fleet of these locomotives now operates in the Chicago metropolitan area on the Metra system, totalling 117 units. After years of service, Amtrak's large F40PH fleet has been retired the locomotives were stored, scrapped, sold or converted into non-powered control units after the purchase of new GE Genesis passenger locomotives during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The F40PH was purchased by commuter railroads such as Metra, MBTA, Tri-Rail, Caltrain, NJ Transit and GO Transit all but GO Transit still use these locomotives. These include CSX (on business trains), the Grand Canyon Railway, the Panama Canal Railway and the Algoma Central Railway. Hundreds of F40PH units were built and many are still in use today on passenger, tourist and freight railroads.
The term "F40" by itself can lead to confusion the first locomotiv e with that designation was the F40C, a passenger C-C locomotive derived from the SD40-2, similar to the SDP40F but with an HEP generator. The F40 was based on the EMD GP40-series freight locomotives, with a twoaxle truck. Soon after entering service it also began to replace the long -distance EMD SDP40F (Amtrak's first new locomotive model), which had a troubled reputation after reports of rough riding and several derailments blamed on its C-C trucks (which differed from EMD's freight C- C locomotives).
F40PH variants were also built by MK Rail and Motive Power Industries from 1991 to The F40PH was originally intended to haul short- to medium-length trains on Amtrak's shorter routes. 2 1 BACKGROUND Loco Design & Specification ROLLING STOCK F40PHL Coaching Stock DRIVING THE F40PHL Cab Controls DRIVING THE F40PHL-2 DRIVING TRAILER Cab Controls Driving Trailer Locomotive Keyboard Controls General Keyboard Controls SCENARIOS Capital of Latin America: Part Capital of Latin America: Part Shuffle to the Shuttle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ģ 1 Background 1.1 Loco The EMD F40PH is a four-axle 3,200hp (2.38MW) B-B diesel-electric locomotive, built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in several variants from 1975 to 1992 and used by Amtrak and commuter rail roads on passenger trains.
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