These GP-9 powered locomotives are painted Omaha Orange with large, Pullman Green band and imitation gold lettering & stripe. The cabs are decorated with the red, white & black “Rocky” logo. Built in 1957, these locos wears Great Northern’s Empire Builder paint scheme, first used in 1948 and in use until 1967. After the Burlington Northern merger in 1970, they were renumbered to BN. An EMD GP-9 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and August 1963. Many rebuilt GP-9s remain in service today with shortline railroads and industrial operators.