EMD F59PH

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The EMD F59PH is a four-axle Script error: No such module "convert". B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division from 1988 to 1994. A variant, the F59PHI, was produced from 1994 to 2001. The F59PH was originally built for GO Transit commuter operation in the Toronto region. Metrolink in Southern California also purchased a fleet for its 1992 launch. The streamlined F59PHI was designed for Amtrak California intercity service. A total of 72 F59PH and 83 F59PHI locomotives were built.

F59PH

Between May 1988 and May 1994, 72 F59PH locomotives were built for two commuter transit railroads: GO Transit of Toronto and Metrolink of Los Angeles.[1] Based on the GP59, the locomotives had a turbocharged EMD 12-710G3A, a 12-cylinder, two-stroke Diesel engine (prime mover).[2] Head end power was supplied by a separate diesel generator.[3]

GO Transit began retiring its F59PH locomotives in 2008 in favor of newer MPI MPXpress locomotives.[2] Most were purchased by other operators including Exo (10 locomotives),[4] Metra (3),[5][6] NCDOT (11) for use on the Piedmont,[7][8] and Trinity Railway Express (7).[9] Five of the NCDOT units were rebuilt into cab control units without prime movers.[10]

Seven Metrolink units were rebuilt as F59PHR. The non-rebuilt Metrolink locomotives were retired by 2020.[11] Five of those were purchased by NCDOT in 2018.[12]

Original owners
Owner Number Year built Unit numbers Refs
GO Transit 49 1988–1994 520–568 [1]
Metrolink 23 1992–1993 851–873 [11]

F59PHI

The F59PHI is a variant with a fully enclosed streamlined carbody. The first nine units were purchased by Caltrans for use on Amtrak California services and entered service in 1994.[13] Like the F59PH, the F59PHI is equipped with a secondary electrical generator – rated between Script error: No such module "convert". – for HEP.[14] A total of 83 locomotives were built, most for commuter rail and Amtrak corridor services on the West Coast.[15]

Two F59PHI locomotives were built in 1995 for Philip Morris Companies to haul the Marlboro Unlimited, a custom built luxury train to carry winners of a Philip Morris sweepstakes around the country. After Philip Morris cancelled the train, the units were stored before being sold to Metrolink in 1998.[16][17]

Some units are still in service with the original owners, while others have been retired. The 21 ex-Amtrak units were sold to Metra in 2018.[18]

Original owners
Owner Number Year built Unit numbers Refs
Amtrak (for Pacific Surfliner and Cascades) 21 1998 450–470 [18][19][20]
Caltrans (for San Joaquin and Capitol Corridor) 9 1994 2001–2009 [20][21]
6 2001 2010–2015
Exo 11 2000–2001 1320–1330 [15]
Metrolink 10 1995 874–883 [11][16][17]
4 2001 884–887
NCDOT (for Piedmont) 2 1998 1755, 1797 [15][22]
North County Transit District (Coaster) 2 2001 3001–3002 [23][24]
Sound Transit (Sounder Commuter Rail) 11 1998–2001 901–911 [25]
Trinity Railway Express 2 2001 569–570 [9]
West Coast Express 5 1995 901–905 [26][27]

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