This SD40-2 locomotives is painted reefer yellow bordered with red stripes. The heralds and road numbers are red with the red, white and blue Union Pacific shields just below. Roofs and decks are gray. It was built in 1980 by Electro Motive Division as part of order# 796311 for the Missouri Pacific line.

The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000 horsepower model of the C-C diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division. Every Class 1 railroad in North America has operated this locomotive.