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Sneak Peek at new EMD F125 Passenger Loco!

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Posted by Metro Red Line on Friday, January 30, 2015 11:11 PM

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With that shade of paint, the body looks like injection molded plastic.

 

I heard they will come DCC-ready, and equipped with sound. 

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Posted by LensCapOn on Friday, January 30, 2015 6:40 PM

With that shade of paint, the body looks like injection molded plastic.

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Posted by NorthWest on Friday, January 30, 2015 4:12 PM

Interesting, thanks for posting. Notably, this seems to lack an isolated cab, and the bolt-on fibreglass nose that the F59PHI had. The bodies are not EMD-built. They are shipped from Spain, so probably Vossloh?

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Sneak Peek at new EMD F125 Passenger Loco!
Posted by Metro Red Line on Friday, January 30, 2015 2:14 PM

The Metrolink commuter rail system in the Los Angeles area recently posted pics on their Facebok page of their new EMD F125 loco in production at the Indiana plant.

They will be the first railroad to use the new EMD Tier IV passenger loco by late 2015/early 2016.

Here they are:

 

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