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Sunday, July 5, 2015

F59PHI Prototypes

I originally posted this information on my old website on March 26, 2009, and last updated it on May 19, 2010. I have since updated it.

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
2601 Undecorated – Corrugated
2602 Amtrak West #450
2602 Amtrak West #455
2603 Amtrak West #461
2603 Amtrak West #464
2604 Amtrak Northwest #467
2604 Amtrak Northwest #468
2605 Amtrak Northwest #470
2605 Amtrak Northwest #469
2606 Amtrak California #2001
2606 Amtrak California #2002
2607 Amtrak California #2008
2607 Amtrak California #2006
2608 Metrolink #875
2609 Metrolink #877
2610 Seattle Sounder #901
2611 Seattle Sounder #902
2612 North Carolina DOT #1755
2613 North Carolina DOT #1797
2614 West Coast Express #903
2615 West Coast Express #904
2618 AMT-Montreal #1325
2619 AMT-Montreal #1320
2620 Coaster #3001
2621 Coaster #3002
2622 Dallas-Trinity Rail Express #569
2623 Dallas-Trinity Rail Express #570
2624 Metrolink #882
2625 Metrolink #878
2626 Amtrak West #451
2627 Amtrak West #458
2628 Amtrak California #2004
2629 Amtrak California #2007
26291 New Mexico Rail Runner #923
26292 New Mexico Rail Runner #924
26293 Metrolink #885
26294 Metrolink #880
26295 Amtrak West #453
26296 Amtrak West #462
26297 Coaster #3001
26298 Coaster #3002
26299 Metrolink #879
26300 Metrolink #884
26301 New Mexico Rail Runner #102
26302 New Mexico Rail Runner #105
26303 Seattle Sounder #905
26304 Seattle Sounder #906
26305 Altamont Commuter Express #3102
26306 Altamont Commuter Express #3105
26307 Cal Train #923
26308 Cal Train #926
26309 GO Transit #601
26310 GO Transit #602
26311 Utah Front Runner #3
26312 Utah Front Runner #6
26313 Dallas-Trinity Rail Express #569
26314 Dallas-Trinity Rail Express #570
26315 Amtrak West #455
26316 Amtrak West #454
26317 Amtrak West #463
26318 Metrolink #881
26319 Metrolink #883
26320 New Mexico Rail Runner #104
26321 New Mexico Rail Runner #109
26322 Seattle Sounder #903
26323 Seattle Sounder #910
26324 Utah Front Runner #4
26325 Utah Front Runner #11
26326 Northstar Commuter Rail #503
26327 Northstar Commuter Rail #505
26328 Amtrak California #2009
26329 Amtrak California #2014
26330 GO Transit #605
26331 GO Transit #617
26332 GO Transit #624
26333 New Mexico Rail Runner #101
26334 New Mexico Rail Runner #103
26335 New Mexico Rail Runner #108
26336 West Coast Express #901
26337 West Coast Express #902
26338 West Coast Express #905
26339 Pennsylvania (FANTASY) #9891
26340 Pennsylvania (FANTASY) #9896
26341 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (FANTASY) #6053
26342 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (FANTASY) #6058
26343 Southern (FANTASY) #6152
26344 Southern (FANTASY) #6160
26345 Southern Pacific (FANTASY) #6491
26346 Southern Pacific (FANTASY) #6496
26347 Amtrak West #457
26348 Northstar Commuter Rail #501
26349 Northstar Commuter Rail #502
26350 Metrolink #876
26351 Metrolink #878
26352 Metrolink #879
26353 Cal Train #925
26354 Cal Train #927
26355 Cal Train #928
25781 Amtrak West #457
25782 Amtrak California #2004
25783 Northstar Commuter Rail #512
25784 Florida Tri Rail #820
25785 Florida Tri Rail #825
25786 Amtrak California #2003
25787 Amtrak California #2005
25788 Amtrak California #2010
25789 Amtrak California #2007
25790 Amtrak California #2015
25791 Seattle Sounder #906
25792 Seattle Sounder #909
25793 Seattle Sounder #911
25794 Amtrak West #452
25795 Amtrak West #456
25796 Amtrak West #460
25797 Utah Front Runner #1
25798 Utah Front Runner #7
25799 Utah Front Runner #12

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. or the BL36PH model from Brookville Equipment Corporation. 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. The MPI F40PH-3Cs are rebuilt from older EMD F40PHs and have a similar body shape to them, though they BL36PH is streamlined in a similar style to the MPXpress locomotives, but has its own distinctive look.

The following road names and numbers are correct for the EMD F59PHI:

Amtrak West #450-464
Amtrak Northwest #465-470
Amtrak California #2001-2015
Seattle Sounder #901-911
North Carolina DOT #1755 & #1797
AMT-Montreal #1320-1330
Coaster #3001-3002
West Coast Express #901-905
Metrolink #874-887
Dallas-Trinity Railway Express #569-570

Amtrak uses the F59PHI as a stand-in model to represent the following locomotive groups:

MPI MP36PH-3C:
Utah FrontRunner #1-21
New Mexico Rail Runner #101-109
CalTrain #923-928
Northstar Commuter Rail #501-505

MPI MP40PH-3C:
GO Transit #600-666

MPI F40PH-3C:
Altamont Commuter Express #3101-3106

Brookville BL36PH:
Florida Tri-Rail #818-829

Other operators of MPXpress locomotives include Metra, MARC, Virginia Railway Express, and MBTA. Athearn does not make F59PHI models in these road names.

Click on the link below to see a table that lists the owners of the EMD F59PH and F59PHI, MPI MPXpress, and Brookville BP36PH locomotives.

F59PHI Prototypes

In 2010, Athearn released F59PHIs in "fantasy" paint schemes for Pennsylvania, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Southern and Southern Pacific. These are completely fictional.

True Line Trains introudced an HO scale model of all three models of MPXpress locomotives in the fall of 2009.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

F59PHI Prototypes

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