I took this photo recently during My morning luch break.
A northbound Metra commuter local enroute to Fox Lake Illinois, is viewed departing from the Northbrook Metra commuter rail station. As it begins creeping across the railroad crossing at Shermer Road, We see that this train is being led by Metra EMD model F-40PH locomotive # 108, with the name "Will County" ob the cab side,
For many years, Chicago's Metra commuter rail agency actually named their locomotives with the names of the towns and places they had serviced. However, it seems like Metra has began to get away from this practice, as the new MPI model MP 36PH locomotives do not have this feature. I have also witnessed a few of the late 1970's era rebuilt F-40PH models that didn't have these markings anymore either.
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