A Tribute to the MBTA F40PH-2C's

[@justanf40phrailfan21]

Fly high my boys yall in train heaven

[@BostonByRails]

Rip legend

[@TBTboston]

The commuter rail will never be the same Great work!

[@BostonByRails]

Thank you! I agree!

[@keenansawada]

just a fantastic video as always

[@BostonByRails]

Thank you thank you 👊

[@trentrice1578]

0:45 such an amazing day. I wish things could return to that.

[@BostonByRails]

Me too man. That might have been the peak of my railfanning career lol

[@alx-vn8gs]

Thanks for posting this video. Like you, I will miss the F40PH-2Cs a great deal. They looked and sounded terrific. Also, my first cab ride was in an F40PH-2C. That was all the way back in 2006, when the F40PH-2Cs had been out for just a few years.

[@nathantzhang]

seeing the common trains (2c) become rare and the rare trains (3c) become common was pretty crazy

[@syeet1234]

Yea, that’s actually I really cool way of looking at it.

[@BostonByRails]

I KNOW RIGHT! I used to roll my eyes when i saw a 2C lmaoo, not the case anymore!

[@tonymento7460]

I seen a video of a group of F - 40’s in dead storage I was told by my friend that engine # 1017 was still in very good shape this engine should be rebuild and repainted the Boston and Maine colors I have a F - 40 dummy engine repainted in the B & M colors

[@syeet1234]

It’s ironic that the 2C’s are going extinct before the screamers do. (Barley, 1013 and 1008 are literally just shells now that their prime movers were recently removed)

[@BostonByRails]

Lmao good point, didnt think about that

[@theventuracountyrailfan]

They are just being rebuilt... on metrolink ours are perm gone and not even sold

[@BostonByRails]

Oh wow, I guess its alot worse in other places lol. Makes me thankful MBTA didnt replace them with F125’s lol

[@NorthSanman]

It would be great if the MassDOT would paint a rebuilt F40PH-3C in a blue MassDOT paint scheme. I've seen them paint a non-rebuilt F40PH-2C in a blue MassDOT paint scheme.

[@syeet1234]

They won’t be painting anymore units into massDOT. 1137 and 1125 were 1056 and 1062’s replacements for massDOT. Moving forward, all geep and 3C rebuilds will receive mbta phase 3. (With the exception of heritage units if that ever happens 😒)

[@bethbudner50]

Yes, I think it's really about time to phase our T's current Commuter Rail fleet since it's almost reaching its prime. Uh-oh! Beth

[@busandrail]

Wait that was so nostalgic

[@cristianmendozaflores7359]

R.I.P. f40ph-2cs 😢💔🕊️

[@finnandbobo]

They were one of my favourites RIP F40PH 2Cs

[@keelanthejet7082]

They're remodeled now

[@finnandbobo]

Ik

[@firetruckstrainsicecreamtr4971]

I grew up with these f40phs and I witnessed times change on the commuter rail like the 2c was the first engine I saw when i went railfanning when I was only 6 years old and wherever I was on the commuter rail or CAPEFLYER I saw an F402c but then the 2Cs started to stop appearing often and I only saw a few GP40MCs and hsp46s and occasionally F40 rebuilds so I really appreciate seeing footage of my childhood memories again I’m 13 but I’ve never forgotten these engines

[@EastBayTransit]

RIP F40PH-2C

[@TrainFreak123]

R.I.P🥺

[@TrainFreak123]

Wait where’s 1070😢

[@pinchy08]

I’ll soon have a custom N scale model of an MBTA F40PH-2C in my collection. And NJ manufacture Atlas is coming out with N scale MBTA Bi Level cars. It’ll be cool having some bygone N scale history. And I’m sure soon any model train manufacturer will model the F40PH-3C and MP36-3C as well.

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

What is being changed in the rebuild?

[@BostonByRails]

Engine, horn, bell, HEP, basically everything. I think the most noticable thing to everyone is that their painted in the new HSP46 esque paint scheme.

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

@@BostonByRails What kind of engine and head-end power are they getting? Horn and bell? They better not be getting fake horns and bells like those awful things they put on the rebuilt Mattapan High-Speed Line cars . . . .

[@BostonByRails]

Engine and head end power i dont know the names. They have E bells and k5la horns with restrictors. Every F40 on MBTA property is one of the revuily locomotives im talking about, the video is just about the last 2 who were sent for rebuilt

[@Lucius_Chiaraviglio]

@@BostonByRails E-bells? I cannot understand why bad imitations of bells are suddenly the In Thing . . . .

[@BostonByRails]

I know right! Its crazy how ebells are EVERYWHERE in the countey now, but it all boils down to being cheaper and simpler. I mean if you were a railroad, would you rather deal with a real bell which is a complicated contraption with flaws, or a giant speaker that plays an electronic bell noose

[@csxnspittsburghdivision8580]

Future has good engines l like the engines from the past