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F59PHI Prototypes

 

Athearn produces models of the EMD F59PHI locomotive in HO Scale and N Scale. Below are all the Athearn F59PHI models made in HO Scale. N Scale production is similar.

 
2600 Undecorated - Smoothside 26291 RailRunner #923
2601 Undecorated - Corrugated 26292 RailRunner #924
2602 Amtrak West #455 26293 Metrolink #885
2603 Amtrak West #464 26294 Metrolink #880
2604 Amtrak Northwest #468 26295 Amtrak West #453
2605 Amtrak Northwest #469 26296 Amtrak West #462
2606 Amtrak California #2002 26297 Coaster #3001
2607 Amtrak California #2008 26298 Coaster #3002
2608 Metrolink #875 26299 RailRunner #102
2609 Metrolink #877 26300 RailRunner #105
2610 Sounder #901 26301 Metrolink #879
2611 Sounder #902 26302 Metrolink #884
2612 North Carolina DOT #1755 26303 Sounder #905
2613 North Carolina DOT #1797 26304 Sounder #908
2614 West Coast Express #903 26305 Altamont Commuter Express #3102
2615 West Coast Express #904 26306 Altamont Commuter Express #3105
2616   26307 CalTrain #923
2617   26308 CalTrain #926
2618 AMT/Montreal #1325 26309 GO Transit #601
2619 AMT/Montreal #1320 26310 GO Transit #602
2620 Coaster #3001 26311 UTA FrontRunner #3
2621 Coaster #3002 26312 UTA FrontRunner #6
2622   26313 Dallas TRE #569
2623   26314 Dallas TRE #570
2624 Metrolink #882 26315  
2625 Metrolink #878 26316 Amtrak West #454
2626 Amtrak West #451 26317 Amtrak West #463
2627 Amtrak West #458 26318 Metrolink #881
2628 Amtrak California #2004 26319 Metrolink #883
2629 Amtrak California #2007 26320 RailRunner #104
    26321 RailRunner #109
    26322 Sounder #903
    26323 Sounder #910
    26324 UTA FrontRunner #4
    26325 UTA FrontRunner #11

 

Not all of these models are prototypically correct. Some of them are painted for railroads that do not own any F59PHIs, but instead own the earlier F59PH, or own a later MPXpress locomotive model from Motive Power, Inc. Athearn made these incorrect models to match their models of Bombardier's bi-level commuter cars. The F59PH is not as streamlined as the later F59PHI. The MPI MPXpress MP36PH-3C, MP36PH-3S and MP40PH-3C have similar streamlining to the F59PHI, but are otherwise quite different. There are also a number of visual differences between the three MPXpress models and railroad-specific differences among the same models that would make a generic model difficult to produce. The MPI F40PH-3Cs are rebuilt from older EMD F40PHs and have a similar body shape to them, though they have many external differences. The table below lists the owners of the EMD F59PH and F59PHI and MPI MPXpress locomotives.

 
  F59PH F59PHI MP36PH-3C MP36PH-3S MP40PH-3C F40PH-3C
Amtrak West   450-464        
Amtrak Northwest   465-470        
Amtrak California   2001-2015        
Sounder (Seattle)   901-911        
North Carolina DOT   1755, 1797        
AMT (Montreal)   1320-1330        
Coaster (San Diego)   3000-3001        
West Coast Express (Vancouver BC)   901-905 906      
Metrolink (Los Angeles) 863-873 874-887 888-894      
Trinity Railway Express (Dallas) 565-568 569-570        
GO Transit (Toronto) 520-568       600-626  
Altamont Commuter Express           3101-3106
UTA FrontRunner (Salt Lake City)       1-11    
Metra (Chicago)*       401-427    
Rail Runner Express (Albuquerque)     101-109      
CalTrain (San Francisco)     923-927      
Northstar Corridor (Minneapolis)*     501-505      
MARC (Washington-Baltimore)*     Ordered      
Virginia Railway Express*     Ordered      
*not made by Athearn            

 

True Line Trains has announced an HO scale model of all three models of MPXpress locomotives, to be available in fall of 2009.


Related Links:

Athearn

True Line Trains

Electro-Motive Diesel

Motive Power, Inc.

Amtrak

Amtrak Cascades

Sound Transit

North Carolina DOT Rail Division

AMT

North County Transit District Coaster

West Coast Express

Metrolink

Trinity Railway Express

GO Transit

Altamont Commuter Express

Utah Transit Authority

Metra

New Mexico Rail Runner Express

CalTrain

Northstar Commuter Rail

MARC

Virginia Railway Express

AMT Roster from kellerGraham Photography

AMT Roster from MyRailfan.com

 

Also See:

EMD GP30 Roster

EMD SDP40 & SDP45 Rosters & Paint Schemes

EMD Cowl Unit Roster

EMD Tunnel Motor Roster

LMX Leasing GE B39-8E Roster

Amtrak F40PH Roster

Amtrak Amfleet I Roster

Bicentennial Railroad Equipment

Weyerhaeuser Rosters

HO Scale Diesel Locomotive Production

HO Scale Passenger Car Prototypes

Union Pacific Passenger Train Information


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Questions? Comments? Critiques? Corrections? Concerns? Email me at westr@msoe.edu.