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Tri-Rail Pack

(Requested by The Trainfan 9782).

(Requires two packs):
F40PH Metra 157 'City of Palatine' from Microcosmologist
Bombardier Bi-Level Pack from [TG] Anyone999991

(This pack includes three F40PH-2C locomotives as well as Bi-Level passenger and cab cars).

(Also, the layout used as the backdrop for the thumbnail and preview images was made by TF9782).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2534219285

Tri-Rail is a commuter rail service in the state of Florida. It launched in 1989, and runs for a distance of 73.4 miles from Mangonia Park to Miami Airport. Trains are typically formed of one locomotive and three or four coaches. One of these coaches is the cab-car, which is always placed on the northern end of the train. In other words, the locomotive always leads the train when it’s going south.

When Tri-Rail first started, they had a motive power fleet of just five F40PHL-2 locomotives. These were interesting beasts, as they used the bodyshells of ex-BN F45s on the frames of old GP40s. Over the years Tri-Rail added more locomotives types to their fleet, all of which are listed below:

Colorado Railcar DMUs
EMD F40PH
EMD F40PH-2C
EMD GP49H-3
Brookville BL36PH

Engines 807, 808 and 809 - the three featured in this pack - are the F40PH-2Cs. They were built by Morrison-Knudsen in 1992, and remained in service up until 2015.

As for passenger coaches, the system uses both Bombardier and Hyundai-Rotem bi-level cars. Originally they started with just 26 Bombardier coaches, with the Hyundai-Rotem coaches being built in 2010 and 2011. Two years later the BL36PH locomotives arrived on the scene.

Although the F40PH-2C engines had previously been retired, in 2018 they were taken to Progress Rail up in Georgia and heavily rebuilt. The engines re-entered service in late 2020, and are now designated as F40PH-3C. This re-skin pack depicts 807, 808 and 809 as they were in 2014, a few years prior to rebuilding.

Image Sources:
Tri-Rail map: https://www.tri-rail.com/pages/view/system-map

Cab-Car: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96665117@N02/49616239956/in/photolist-2kTo5RN-2kXmJfy-2kV1uDo-22vrnis-2cKYs2E-24bo4ga-28JhAbG-SDHj25-2irrjVr-2iAqcx3-2kRrQDR

F40PH-2C No. 807: https://www.flickr.com/photos/railfan1967/17166424260/in/photolist-nj3f9x-2kZQgTS-fwF4iQ-pgFWqV-e7Wu1i-5zTj3s-dHS3CC-n7KvDy-s9WpS5-rjmp78-EwYSRB-pdXCkC-pvrZxc-iS2EwY-dUkqwT-npmzwM-dLKpzh-EP9m5f-e6AbRB-2kUXzzU-prJPJv-FVNzd2-fspxvP-2kUXCkZ-fsKu9w-2m9cMwx