MPI MP40C

The  is a variant of the built in 2009 for use by El Kadsreian national passenger rail service RPS Rail on their short-haul trains. The MPI MP40C has similar specifications as new MPXpress locomotives, but the MP40C units were rebuilt from units that previously operated as 's for and previously the. Inside the locomotives, the original 3,200 hp- engine has been replaced with a pair of  diesel engines rated at 1,800 hp (3,600 hp total), qualifying it as a genset locomotive, and the electronics have been upgraded using the same equipment used by other MPXpress locomotives. On the exterior, the F40C hood unit layout has been modified with the exterior radiation fans used on the F40C's removed along with some of the engine access doors, and a new four-window MPXpress cab replaces the original cab.

The following F40C's were rebuilt into MP40C's:
 * METX 600 (rebuilt as RPS 500)
 * METX 601 (rebuilt as RPS 501)
 * METX 603 (rebuilt as RPS 502)
 * METX 604 (rebuilt as RPS 503)
 * METX 605 (rebuilt as RPS 504)
 * METX 606 (rebuilt as RPS 505)
 * METX 609 (rebuilt as RPS 506)
 * METX 612 (rebuilt as RPS 507)