Heritage unit
A heritage unit is a railroad locomotive painted in an honorary paint scheme; usually the paint scheme of a now-defunct railroad that merged with or was acquired by the locomotive's owner. The Union Pacific Railroad painted six EMD SD70ACes in stylized paint schemes of six of its predecessors between 2005 and 2006.[1] The Norfolk Southern Railway did the same in 2012 with 20 of its locomotives.[2] 10 of them being EMD SD70ACes, while the others being GE ES44AC units. For its 40th anniversary in 2011, Amtrak painted 4 GE P42DCs, a P40DC, and an EMD F40PH converted to an NPCU into its older paint schemes.[3]
List of heritage units
Below is a list of heritage units in active service by various railroads.
See also
References
- Our Heritage
- Norfolk Southern's Heritage Locomotives
- Adapting the Heritage Paint Schemes
- Franz, Justin (16 September 2019). "Canadian Pacific releases two SD70ACU heritage locomotives". Trains Magazine. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- Sweeney, Steve (September 14, 2017). "Metra unveils F40PH heritage unit". Trains News Wire.
- "Metra unveils Burlington-themed heritage unit". Trains News Wire. October 4, 2019.
- "Metra Makeover: Designing Locomotive 425" (Press release). Metra. January 12, 2018.
- "NJ Transit reveals heritage locomotives". Trains News Wire. October 5, 2019.
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