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 Potosà 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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