Passenger Six-Motor.
![Metra F40C number 611 in February 2003.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/F40C-611-at-A2-Chicago-Feb-2003-Brian-Solomon-photo-0023053.jpg?resize=474%2C338)
Chicago suburban passenger railway, Metra operated the only fleet of Electro-Motive Division F40Cs a six-motor cowl-type passenger locomotive similar to Amtrak’s SDP40F, but equipped with HEP (headend power), and featured corrugated stainless-steel side paneling. The 5 EMD F40Cs, were acquired through Metra predecessor agency for service on Milwaukee Road. Numbered 600-614, the F40Cs were the last Metra heritage units in regular passenger service.
These were an unusual modern application of a six-motor diesel for passenger service. Since the mid-1970s, most passenger locomotives have been four-motor ‘B-B’ models.
They exhibit General Motors classic well-balanced utilitarian appearance, and are similar to other cowl models built from the late 1960s and mid-1970s.
![EMD F40C](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/METRA-F40C-at-A2-tower-Jun-22-2004-Brian-Solomon-661922.jpg?resize=474%2C318)
These were among the locomotives I featured in my popular book EMD Locomotives published in 2006. Available from my publish Voyageur Press or at Amazon. I also discuss their history in my recent North American Locomotives.
![EMD F40C.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/METRA-F40C-March-2003Brian-Solomon-661872.jpg?resize=474%2C315)
I like to offer special thanks to Marshall Beecher for providing location assistance in Chicago.