NORTH WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro-North Railroad has completed the sixth in its series of locomotives honoring Metro-North’s 40th anniversary, this time honoring the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Dual-mode locomotive No. 222, a P32Ac-DM, sports the green-and-yellow design used on New Haven electric and diesel cab units until 1955. The engine joins previous wrapped units honoring New York Central, Penn Central, Conrail, as well as Metro-North employees. When the series began, Metro North said there would be up to five heritage locomotives [see “News photos: Metro-North introduces …,” Trains News Wire, May 16, 2023].
A Metro-North post on Facebook says the railroad decided to give the locomotive a new identity during refurbishing, and that test runs for the locomotive will begin shortly.
— Updated at 4:15 p.m. CT with additional photos and information.
