These SD40-2 powered locomotives are painted blue with silver roof, yellow nose, and blue and yellow rear with CSX logos on all sides. The SD40-2s were built as part of EMD order number 786167 for the L&N in 1979. 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 type of loco. The SD40-2 is one of the best-selling diesel locomotive models of all time.