EMD F40PH

E419690

diesel-electric locomotive locomotive class passenger locomotive

The EMD F40PH is a widely used four-axle diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by Electro-Motive Division, best known for its long service on North American commuter and intercity railroads.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
EMD F40PH canonical	3
EMD F40PH locomotives	2
EMD F40PH-2C	2
EMD F40PH-2	1
EMD F40PH-3C	1
EMD F40PHM-2	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diesel-electric locomotive ⓘ locomotive class ⓘ passenger locomotive ⓘ
axleCount	4 ⓘ
brakeType	air brakes ⓘ
buildDateEnd	1992 ⓘ
buildDateStart	1975 ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cylinderCount	16 ⓘ
designFeature	full-width cowl carbody ⓘ non-turbocharged 645-series prime mover ⓘ
dynamicBrakes	yes ⓘ
engineType	two-stroke diesel ⓘ
family	EMD F-series ⓘ surface form: EMD F-series locomotives
fuelType	diesel fuel ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
headEndPowerFrequency	60 Hz ⓘ
headEndPowerVoltage	480 V AC ⓘ
introduced	1975 ⓘ
laterPowerOutputVariant	3200 hp ⓘ
laterUse	cabbage car conversions by Amtrak ⓘ
length	approximately 56 ft ⓘ
manufacturer	Electro-Motive Division ⓘ Electro-Motive Division ⓘ surface form: General Motors Electro-Motive Division
notableFor	iconic Amtrak locomotive of late 20th century ⓘ widespread use in North American passenger service ⓘ
notableOperator	Amtrak long-distance routes ⓘ surface form: Amtrak long-distance trains
operator	Amtrak ⓘ Caltrain ⓘ Coaster (San Diego) ⓘ GO Transit ⓘ MBTA Commuter Rail network ⓘ surface form: MBTA Commuter Rail Metra ⓘ Sounder commuter rail ⓘ Tri-Rail ⓘ Via Rail ⓘ surface form: Via Rail Canada
powerOutput	3000 hp ⓘ
powerType	diesel-electric ⓘ
primaryUse	commuter rail service ⓘ intercity rail service ⓘ passenger service ⓘ
primeMover	EMD 645-series diesel engine ⓘ surface form: EMD 16-645E3
serviceEntry	mid-1970s ⓘ
successor	EMD F59PH locomotive ⓘ surface form: EMD F59PH GE Genesis series ⓘ surface form: GE Genesis
topSpeed	79 mph ⓘ
topSpeedVariant	90 mph ⓘ
totalProduced	over 400 units ⓘ
trackGauge	1435 mm ⓘ
tractionMotors	DC traction motors ⓘ
trainHeating	head-end power ⓘ
transmission	electric ⓘ
UICClassification	Bo′Bo′ ⓘ
variant	EMD F40PH self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EMD F40PH-2 EMD F40PH self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EMD F40PH-2C EMD F40PH self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EMD F40PHM-2 EMD F40PHR NERFINISHED ⓘ
wheelArrangement	B-B ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: EMD F40PH
Description of subject: The EMD F40PH is a widely used four-axle diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by Electro-Motive Division, best known for its long service on North American commuter and intercity railroads.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MBTA diesel locomotives → hasModel → EMD F40PH ⓘ

this entity surface form: EMD F40PH-2C

MBTA diesel locomotives → hasModel → EMD F40PH ⓘ

this entity surface form: EMD F40PH-3C

Altamont Corridor Express → usesLocomotive → EMD F40PH ⓘ

Amtrak Missouri River Runner → usesRollingStockType → EMD F40PH ⓘ

this entity surface form: EMD F40PH locomotives

Fitchburg Line → usesLocomotiveType → EMD F40PH ⓘ

Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotives → replaces → EMD F40PH ⓘ

this entity surface form: EMD F40PH locomotives

EMD F40PH → variant → EMD F40PH self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: EMD F40PH-2

EMD F40PH → variant → EMD F40PH self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: EMD F40PH-2C

EMD F40PH → variant → EMD F40PH self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: EMD F40PHM-2