NJ Transit has unveiled its latest heritage unit, painted for the Erie Railroad, one of its commuter-rail predecessors.
The commuter operator released the photo of GP40PH-2B No. 4210 this weekend in Erie’s black-and-gold paint scheme, noting the railroad “held a large presence in the North Jersey commuter rail scene” and operated on what are now the NJ Transit Bergen County, Southern Tier, and Pascack Valley lines, including portions of the Main and Montclair-Boonton lines.
In its Facebook post, NJ Transit said the newly painted diesel will be “leading NJ Transit trains soon.”
The locomotive is a former Penn Central GP40 built in 1968 and rebuilt by Conrail. It joins diesels units painted for Central of New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of Transportation scheme that preceded NJ Transit, as well as an ALP-46A electric wrapped in a Pennsylvania Railroad scheme and dual-mode ALP-45DP wrapped for Erie-Lackawanna.
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