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. The Norfolk Southern Railway did the same in 2012 with 20 of its locomotives. 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.

List of heritage units

Below is a list of heritage units in active service by various railroads.
RailroadRoad numberPaint schemeLocomotive model
Amtrak130Phase IIGE P42DC
Amtrak145Phase IIIGE P42DC
Amtrak156Phase IGE P42DC
Amtrak184Phase IVGE P42DC
Amtrak406Phase IIIEMD NPCU
Amtrak822Phase IIIGE P40DC
Canadian Pacific Railway3084Classic CP SchemeEMD GP38-2
Canadian Pacific Railway7010–7014Tuscan red and grey EMD SD70ACU
Canadian Pacific Railway7015–7019Tuscan red and grey EMD SD70ACU
Central Maine and Quebec Railway9017Bangor and AroostookGMD SD40-2F
Iowa Interstate Railroad513Rock IslandGE ES44AC
Metra100RTAEMD F40PH
Metra211CB&QEMD F40PHM-2
Metra405Milwaukee RoadMPI MP36PH-3C
Metra425Rock IslandMPI MP36PH-3C
NJ Transit4109Central Railroad of New JerseyEMD GP40PH-2
NJ Transit4519Erie LackawannaBombardier ALP-45DP
NJ Transit4636PennsylvaniaBombardier ALP-46A
Norfolk Southern Railway1065Savannah & AtlantaEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1066New York CentralEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1067ReadingEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1068ErieEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1069VirginianEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1070WabashEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1071Central Railroad of New JerseyEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1072Illinois TerminalEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1073Penn CentralEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1074LackawannaEMD SD70ACe
Norfolk Southern Railway1700Erie LackawannaEMD SD45-2
Norfolk Southern Railway8025MonongahelaGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8098ConrailGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8099SouthernGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8100Nickel PlateGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8101Central of GeorgiaGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8102PennsylvaniaGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8103Norfolk & WesternGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8104Lehigh ValleyGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8105InterstateGE ES44AC
Norfolk Southern Railway8114Norfolk Southern GE ES44AC
Union Pacific Railroad1982Missouri PacificEMD SD70ACe
Union Pacific Railroad1983Western PacificEMD SD70ACe
Union Pacific Railroad1988KatyEMD SD70ACe
Union Pacific Railroad1989Rio GrandeEMD SD70ACe
Union Pacific Railroad1995Chicago and North WesternEMD SD70ACe
Union Pacific Railroad1996Southern PacificEMD SD70ACe