RTA Slide         
First paint scheme of the newly formed Metra. Date is not quite approximate. The slide just says 7-80.
Date: 7/1/1980 Location: Chicago, IL Views: 165 Collection Of:   Thomas Dyrek
Locomotives: RTA 119(F40PH)    Author:  Thomas Dyrek
RTA Slide
Picture Categories: Roster,RollingStock,Bridge,Yard,Transit,Passenger,Track,Action This picture is part of album:  Metra Slide
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Tom Beckett General The date is likely. RTA's F 40's wore that scheme then. This train is coming out of Union Station-that's Amtrak's 14th St coach yard in the background. The BN did not start using RTA/Metra power til much later-the 1990's-so this is likely the ex GM&O commuter train to Joliet. That train was notable for using a GM&O F 3 built in 1946, and GM&O coaches til it was reequipped around this time. 12/30/2015 2:49:14 AM

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