Metrolink

Regional commuter rail system serving Southern California

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2024 Remaining F59PH locomotives were sold to GO Transit.
2021 Completed delivery of EMD F125 locomotives.
2020 Locomotives 874-881, 882-883, and 884-887 were all retired and subsequently sold to San Luis Potosí Locomotive Works in 2024.
2019 Locomotives 853, 859, 867, 871, and 872 were sold to North Carolina Department of Transportation.
November 2019 Cab car 684 was retired after being involved in a collision with an RV.
2017 Metrolink fitted Bicycle cars with surfboard carriers, allowing each car to transport up to 5 surfboards between San Clemente and Oceanside.
2016 Started acquiring EMD F125 locomotives (fleet numbers 903-942).
November 1 2016 Leased BNSF locomotives were returned after completing repairs and enhancements to Rotem cab cars' plows.
2015 Experienced Oxnard train derailment, with passenger cars 211 and 263, and cab car 645 involved and placed in storage.
September 3 2015 Metrolink announced the addition of a second locomotive (leased from BNSF Railway) to each train set following the Oxnard train derailment, to review safety features of Rotem cab cars.
2014 Renumbered cab car 666 to 695 in late 2014.
2011 Metrolink returned all leased FrontRunner passenger cars after introducing newer Hyundai Rotem bilevel cars (Guardian Fleet).
2010 Began acquiring Rotem Commuter Cars passenger cars (211-290) and Rotem cab cars (638-665, 667-695).

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