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Metro-North Releases First Heritage Unit Honoring 40th Anniversary

Metro-North P32ACDM 208 has been wrapped in the red, blue and silver scheme that was first applied to the agency’s FL9s. —Photo by Marc A. Hermann, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Metro-North Releases First Heritage Unit Honoring 40th Anniversary

By Railfan & Railroad Staff

MTA Metro-North Railroad has unveiled the first heritage unit in a series of locomotives that will be released this year to commemorate the agency’s 40th anniversary. P32ACDM 208, a dual-mode diesel-electric locomotive built by General Electric in 1998, has been outfitted with a vinyl wrap that pays homage to the red, blue and silver paint scheme that was applied to the railroad’s EMD FL9 locomotives back in the 1980s and 1990s. 

Locomotive 208 was selected because FL9 2008 was the last of the iconic cab units to be retired from regular service in April 2007. The dual-mode GE is one of 31 P32ACDMs used by Metro-North in New York and Connecticut. 

The new heritage scheme generally stays true to the original. A 40th-anniversary logo has been added to the rear of the locomotive as well. The wrap was applied by the skilled craft workers at the shops in North White Plains, N.Y., as part of the unit’s regular maintenance routine. 

Metro-North was created by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on January 1, 1983, to operate commuter lines north of New York City after Conrail was directed to exit the passenger business after the end of 1982.

The crew that wrapped the locomotive stood in front of their work at the North White Plains shops on Monday.—Marc A. Hermann, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

A view of the rear of locomotive 208, including the 40th-anniversary logo that was applied to the rear of the locomotive. —Marc A. Hermann, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

 


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This article was posted on: May 15, 2023