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Paint Job for Locomotives Will Salute U.P.'s Heritage

Posted on: Monday, 1 August 2005, 18:00 CDT

A new look for Union Pacific's locomotives will soon be rolling down the rails.

A paint scheme, dubbed "Heritage Series," will pay homage to each of the six major railroads that have merged with Union Pacific.

"It is important that we take an historical perspective of who we are and how we got here," Union Pacific Chairman and CEO Dick Davidson said in prepared remarks. "It is time we pay homage to those railroads and the generations of men and women who helped to build a great nation and the foundation for our future."

The first two locomotives in the series were revealed Saturday in Omaha. The locomotives are painted to represent the Missouri Pacific and Western Pacific railroads.

They will be followed in coming months by locomotives painted in the style of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy), Chicago & North Western, Southern Pacific, and Denver & Rio Grande railroads.

The Heritage Series marks the fifth time Union Pacific has painted locomotives in colors other than the traditional U.P. yellow.

Previously, locomotives were custom made in 1991 to honor U.P. employees serving in the Persian Gulf War, in 1994 to call attention to the United Way Campaign, in 1996 for the Atlanta Games Olympic Torch Relay Train, and in 2002 for the Salt Lake City Games Olympic Torch Relay Train.

Source: Omaha World - Herald

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