SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY (SCAX) 887 - EMD F59PHI

SCAX F59PHI 887 Sits Dead on a Spur along the LA River along with other Dead Retired F59s awaiting an Uncertain fate

SCAX (Metrolink) 882 and 887 at Riverside Downtown Station

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Departs Cal State LA

Leaving Cal State LA station

SCAX 887

Metrolink. 887 is the helper on the rear of a passenger train northbound on the Union Pacific main line approaching the Victoria Ave overpass.

Metrolink. 887 southbound on the Union Pacific main line crossing Ash St.

Metrolink. 887 switching from southbound Union Pacific tsacks to eastbound Metrolink tracks on the west leg of the Montalvo (ex-Southern Pacific) wye after passing under the Victoria Ave overpass.

Metrolink train #708 (Los Angeles to Riverside, California) passes through Placentia, California, on April 18th, 2012. A pair of EMD F59PHI diesels are on the head-end on this afternoon.

Metrolink. 887 is the rear helper on a passenger train northbound on the Union Pacific main line passing under the Lewis Rd / CA-34 overpass.

The difference between the F59PH and the F59PHI

A Saturday Orange Cmunty Line train from Oceanside is pushed under the the old Santa Fe signal bridge at Pioneer Boulevard. I don't know how long the signal bridge will last, but it's a nicd memory of old time rairoading while it's still here. F59PHI #887 was the very last example of this model that Metrolink bought. It arrived in November of 2001 and was a}tually asembled by Alstom. Metrolink's new MP36s should start arriving soon, taking away #887's new kid on the block status.