nyrailfan 202's video: Engines of Metro North EMD GP40PH-2 and GP40FH-2

Engines of Metro North EMD GP40PH 2 and GP40FH 2 In this video, we discuss the history of the EMD GP40PH and GP40PH-2 both of which have a long and connected history which is why I chose to do them together. We start off in the 1960s with the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRJ) which acquired GP40P locomotives from the new jersey department of transportation (njdot) to support their commuter service. These units were then passed on to Conrail and eventually new jersey transit where they would be fitted with head-end power and be re designated as gp40ph locomotives. Then Morison Knudsen in Boise Idaho rebuilt old freight EMD GP40's into GP40FH-2 locomotives for new jersey transit. Then Morison Nudsen rebuilt the original CNJ gp40ph locomotives into gp40ph-2 locomotives. Then Morrison Knudsen rebuilt more freight gp40's into gp40ph-2a locomotives but then the company went bankrupt. But Conrail rebuilt more freight gp40's for new jersey transit as gp40ph-2b locomotives. That brings us to 2020 where some GP40's are being taken out of service and put into nonrevenue service but only time will tell what will really happen.