The body of this GP-9 locomotive is painted black with black roof; the cab and rails are painted orange. The large New Haven herald is white and orange and the lettering is in white. Part of build order 5474 from EMD built during the summer of 1956 for New Haven, these locos are in their "as delivered" paint scheme. An EMD GP-9 (also known as a "Dash 9" for short) is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro- Motive Division between January 1954 and August 1963.