These SD40-2 locomotives are painted green with yellow stripes and lettering. They were built by EMD in 1980. The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000 horsepower (2,240 kw) model of C-C diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division between January 1972 and February 1986; 3,957 examples were built, and every class 1 railroad in North America has operated this locomotive. The SD40-2 is one of the best-selling diesel locomotive models of all time.