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UP 1983 is an EMD SD70ACe owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and painted in the Western Pacific Railroad scheme, one of the 6 railroads acquired by Union Pacific.
Amtrak GE P42DC locomotive #145, which is painted in Amtrak's Phase III scheme, and is one of 16 Amtrak heritage units

A heritage unit or commemorative locomotive is a railroad locomotive painted in an honorary paint scheme; usually the paint scheme is that of a now-defunct railroad that merged with or was acquired by the locomotive's owner.

Among North American railroads

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Heritage units are popular among North American railroads. As of 2023, all major Class I railroads have official heritage units, except for BNSF Railway.[a][1][2]

The Union Pacific Railroad painted six EMD SD70ACes in stylized paint schemes of six of its predecessors between 2005 and 2006.[3] The Norfolk Southern Railway did the same in 2012 with 20 of its locomotives for its 30th Railroad Anniversary.[4] 10 of them are EMD SD70ACes, while the others are GE ES44AC units. For its 40th anniversary in 2011, Amtrak painted four GE P42DCs, a P40DC, and an EMD F40PH converted to an NPCU into its older paint schemes. Several more were painted for its 50th anniversary in 2021.[5]

In 2019, the Canadian Pacific Railway, now Canadian Pacific Kansas City, painted nine EMD SD70ACU units in a maroon and gray paint scheme with a different font style. In late 2020, the Canadian National Railway revealed five new heritage units after they had been first spotted a month earlier. These included four GE ET44ACs and one EMD SD70M-2. They were painted in honour of the 25th anniversary of CN's initial public offering.[6][7] Beginning in 2023, CSX revealed its first of many heritage units, ES44AH 1827 with a Baltimore & Ohio paint scheme.[8]

List of heritage units

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ES 499.0001, actual running number 350 001-4, of the Slovakian Railways (ZSSK) in its factory paint scheme. Railway companies in Europe have also taken up this practice.
CC 201 83 31 of the Kereta Api Indonesia (formerly CC 201 69), the first of the national railway's main line locomotive to use honorary paint scheme, sporting the railway's 1953-1991 paint scheme since 2021.[9]
Norfolk Southern 1074 is an EMD SD70ACe owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway, painted in the Lackawanna scheme, one of the 20 railroads acquired by it.

Below is a list of heritage units in active service by various railroads.

Railroad Road number Paint scheme Locomotive model
Alaska Railroad 4328 F-Unit Scheme EMD SD70MAC
Amtrak 161 (formerly 156)[b] Phase I GE P42DC
130 (formerly 66) Phase II
145 Phase III
160[c] Dash 8 Phase III "Pepsi Can"
164 (formerly 184) Phase IV
46[d] Phase V (Connecting America for 50 Years)
108[e] Phase VI (Connecting America for 50 Years)
100[f] 50th Anniversary - Midnight Blue (Connecting America for 50 Years)
90406 Phase III EMD NPCU (former EMD F40PH)
822[g] GE P40DC
301[h] "Day 1" livery Siemens ALC-42
Ann Arbor (Watco) 3879 Ann Arbor EMD GP38
Canadian National 600 Classic CN Green EMD GY430A (slug)
601 Illinois Central
3008 GE ET44AC
3023 Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
3069 Wisconsin Central
3115 BC Rail
7600 Classic CN Green EMD GP40-3
7601 Illinois Central
8952 Grand Trunk Western EMD SD70M-2
Canadian Pacific Kansas City 3084 CP Tuscan red and grey (script writing) EMD GP38-2
7010–7014 CP Tuscan red and grey (script writing)[10][i] EMD SD70ACU
7015–7019 CP Tuscan red and grey (block writing)[10]
Central Maine & Quebec Railway 9017[j] Bangor & Aroostook GMD SD40-2F
CSX 1-3 Baltimore & Ohio EMD F40PH
1827 Baltimore & Ohio ES44AH
1834 Georgia
1836 RF&P
1850 Louisville and Nashville
1851 NC&St.L
1852 Western Maryland
1853 New York Central
1869 Chesapeake and Ohio
1871 Atlantic Coast Line
1875 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
1877 Chicago and Eastern Illinois
1897 Monon
1899 Pere Marquette
1900 Seaboard Air Line
1902 Clinchfield
1967 Seaboard Coast Line
1972 Family Lines System
1973 Chessie System
1976 Conrail
1981 PAR
1982 Seaboard System
East Midlands Railway 43102 InterCity (British Rail)[11] British Rail Class 43
Genesee & Wyoming 1899 G&W "Whisker Stripes" GE Dash 9-44CW
125 EMD GP38-2
Iowa Interstate Railroad 513 Rock Island GE ES44AC
Locomotive Services Limited 43046 Midland Pullman British Rail Class 43
43055
MBTA Commuter Rail 1129 1980s-era MBTA (maroon with silver bar)[12] GMD GP40MC
Metra 90 Chicago & North Western[13] EMD F59PHI
104 City of Chicago EMD F40PH-3
211 Burlington Route[14] EMD F40PHM-3
402 State of Illinois[15] MPI MP36PH-3C
405 Milwaukee Road[16]
425 Rock Island[17]
500 RTA[18] SD70MACH
Metro-North/CTDOT 201 Conrail GE P32AC-DM
208 1980s-era Metro-North
211 New York Central
217 Penn Central
228-231 New Haven
NJ Transit 1319 Lackawanna Arrow III
4109 Jersey Central[19] EMD GP40PH-2
4101 New Jersey DOT[20]
4208 Conrail EMD GP40PH-2B
4210 Erie
4519 Erie Lackawanna[19] Bombardier ALP-45DP
4636 Pennsylvania[19] Bombardier ALP-46A
4640 1980s-era NJT
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 3024 Silver and Red Stripe EMD SD40-2
Norfolk Southern 1065 Savannah & Atlanta EMD SD70ACe
1066 New York Central
1067 Reading
1068 Erie
1069 Virginian
1070 Wabash
1071 Jersey Central
1072 Illinois Terminal
1073 Penn Central
1074 Lackawanna
1700 Erie Lackawanna EMD SD45-2
8025 Monongahela GE ES44AC
8098 Conrail
8099[k] Southern
8100 Nickel Plate Road
8101 Central of Georgia
8102 Pennsylvania
8103 Norfolk & Western
8104 Lehigh Valley
8105 Interstate
8114 Norfolk Southern (1942–1982)
Ontario Northland 1730 Classic ON Scheme EMD SD40-2
SEPTA Regional Rail 280, 293 Reading Lines Silverliner IV
304 Conrail
401 Penn Central
276 Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Pacific 1982 Missouri Pacific EMD SD70ACe
1983 Western Pacific
1988 Katy
1989 Rio Grande
1995 Chicago & North Western
1996 Southern Pacific

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Although BNSF released several commemorative celebrating their 25th Anniversary, which featured logos of predecessor railroads, these are not considered as heritage units. BNSF also has several units in older “Warbonnet", “Bluebonnet”, "Cascade Green", and "Grinstein" paint schemes, but these are generally also not considered heritage units.
  2. ^ 161 has 50th Anniversary markings
  3. ^ 160 has 50th Anniversary markings
  4. ^ 46 has 50th Anniversary markings
  5. ^ 108 has 50th Anniversary markings
  6. ^ 100 has 50th Anniversary markings
  7. ^ Out of service as of June 2021
  8. ^ 301 has 50th Anniversary markings
  9. ^ 7011 wrecked in a derailment on April 15th, 2023.
  10. ^ 9017 has been reacquired by Canadian Pacific Kansas City (then known as Canadian Pacific) following the 2020 CMQ acquisition
  11. ^ Wrecked in 2021, repaired and returned to service in 2023)[21]

References

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  1. ^ "CN heritage locomotives sighted, but company won't comment". Trains. 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Canadian National Puts New Heritage Units into Service". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ Our Heritage
  4. ^ "Norfolk Southern's Heritage Locomotives". Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  5. ^ Adapting the Heritage Paint Schemes
  6. ^ "CN heritage locomotives sighted, but company won't comment". Trains. 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Canadian National Puts New Heritage Units into Service". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. 17 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Baltimore & Ohio heritage locomotive is the first of many to come, CSX confirms". Trains. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  9. ^ https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/11/12/193000065/mengenal-lokomotif-ka-livery-vintage-jadul-akan-menyapa-lintas-jakarta [bare URL]
  10. ^ a b Franz, Justin (16 September 2019). "Canadian Pacific releases two SD70ACU heritage locomotives". Trains. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  11. ^ Repaint for record-breaker as EMR marks end of HSTs Rail issue 926 10 March 2021 page 30
  12. ^ "News photo: MBTA's 'Cranberry' locomotive". Trains. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  13. ^ Guss, Chris (August 18, 2020). "Metra unveils C&NW heritage locomotive".
  14. ^ "Metra unveils Burlington-themed heritage unit".
  15. ^ "Metra unveils State of Illinois-themed heritage unit".
  16. ^ "Metra unveils Milwaukee Road-themed heritage unit".
  17. ^ "Metra unveils Rock Island-themed heritage unit" (Press release).
  18. ^ "News photos: Metra unveils first SD70MACH (Updated)". 19 October 2022.
  19. ^ a b c "NJ Transit reveals heritage locomotives". Trains News Wire. October 5, 2019.
  20. ^ Franz, Justin (2022-10-14). "NJ Transit Paints GP40PH-2 into DOT 'Bluebird' Scheme". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  21. ^ "Train derails in Baldwin; East Carson, River Road closed as clean-up commences". 12 December 2021.
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