EX Metra f40c pic in East St Louis on there move to somewere

hello ever one on www.rrpicturearchives.net there pic of 9 f40c going somewere who know were there goin but u can see it under album of the trra mrs & als around st louis

So lets figure this out......

600-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
601-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
602-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
603-
604-
605-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
606-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
607-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
608-
609-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
610-National Rail -Dixmoor IL
611- Metra -Chicago IL
612-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
613-Helm Leasing -E. St. Louis IL
614- Metra -Chicago IL

603 604 and 608 went to hemls to put the pic on there now are from2/11/2005 there are 9 of them so someone much pick them up who knows ?

In case anyone's having trouble finding the pictures, they are here:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90657
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90661
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90662
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90663
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90664
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90665
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90666
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90667
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90669
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90671
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... x?id=90672

One of the captions says they were headed toward the KCS. Anybody know why?

I thought the HLCX place was in Louisanna. I heard something about them being rebuilt there for HLCX and then becoming lease engines.

According to this KCS news release, twelve F40Cs are on lease to Kansas City Southern "to be used as center units in freight trains with a three-unit consist." This is a nine-month lease to KCS (and Tex Mex) until thirty new SD70ACe units are delivered later in 2005.

...twelve F40Cs are on lease to Kansas City Southern "to be used as center units in freight trains with a three-unit consist."

Sounds like an opportunity for some cool pictures.
- Stephen

Well let's hope some can get up to Chicago soon.

I spotted what I believe to be the engines in question at the Gateway Western yard (E. St. Louis) last week. Didn't get a count on them, it was in the middle of the night and I was several tracks away from where they were located.

The following engines were at the Gateway Western (E. St. Louis) yard as of 0500 today.
601- NorthWest Suburban Mass Transit. Those in the know please enlighten me as to where/what this is.
602
606
607
609

The Northwest Suburban Mass Transit District (NWSMTD) was put together as a pre-RTA entity to fund the Milwaukee Road West Line commuter service between Chicago and Elgin. It also purchased 13 of the F40Cs and around 60 bi-level coachs.

jg greenwood wrote:601- NorthWest Suburban Mass Transit. Those in the know please enlighten me as to where/what this is.

Locomotives 600-612 all had the NWSMTD emblem near the nose. For whatever reason, Metra didn't paint over it on 601.