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North American Railcar Corporation - N Scale - EMD SD70M - DCC Ready - Union Pacific (UP) - "We Are ONE" - #1979 - Multi coloured - Special Edition (SKU 11-NONE1979DCCready)

Available On: December 1, 2022

 

Union Pacific has designed UP No. 1979 to pay tribute to its nine Employee Resource Groups (ERG) supporting diversity and inclusion.

The Class I railroad’s Corporate Communications department came up with the scheme for the commemorative locomotive—named for the year UP’s first ERG, the Black Employee Network (BEN), was established—and the Jenks Locomotive Shop in North Little Rock, Ark., prepared, painted and added decals to it.

 

Each ERG is represented along the sides:

• Asian Employee Resource Organization (AERO)
• BEN
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Employee Network (BRIDGES)
• Council of Native American Heritage (CONAH)
• Educate. Advance. Support. Encourage. (EASE)
• A Women’s Initiative: Lead. Educate. Achieve. Develop. (LEAD)
• Latino Employee Network (LEN)
• Connecting Employees. Uniting Communities. Emerging Professionals. (UP TIES)
• Veterans and Employees Continuing to Serve (UP VETS).

 

UP leadership and a BEN field chapter will officially unveil the locomotive in Houston, Tex., in honor of Juneteenth (June 19)—the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States in 1865 and that originated in Galveston, Tex.—before it travels this fall to the ONE ERG Conference in Omaha (Sept. 1-2).

“Juneteenth is a day of reflection to appreciate, acknowledge and honor the experience of others who came before us,” said Amy Bang, UP’s Senior Manager-Diversity and Inclusion, Workforce Resources. “Owning our past is a reminder that our work to reach equity is not done. We should use the holiday as an opportunity to come together, celebrating our shared humanity and community.”

 

OMAHA — Union Pacific is releasing a specially painted SD70M to honor its Employee Resource Groups. Locomotive 1979 was painted at the Jenks Locomotive Shop in North Little Rock, Ark., and will be traveling the UP system this summer ahead of an Employee Resource Group conference in Omaha on September 1 and 2. 

There are nine different Employee Resource Groups dedicated to supporting diversity within the company. Among the groups represented include veterans, people with disabilities, young professionals, women, Native Americans, Asians, Latinos, and LGBT employees. The Black Employee Network was the first group organized in 1979. In honor of that, the railroad picked SD70M 1979 to be painted in the commemorative scheme. The locomotive features a rainbow of colors and has the words “We Are One” written on the side. 

The locomotive will make its debut in Houston on Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States.

“Juneteenth is a day of reflection to appreciate, acknowledge and honor the experience of others that came before us,” said Amy Bang, senior manager-Diversity and Inclusion, Workforce Resources. “Owning our past is a reminder that our work to reach equity is not done. We should use the holiday as an opportunity to come together, celebrating our shared humanity and community.”

While UP has released a number of commemorative units over the years — from veterans to the Boy Scouts — it has never released one dedicated to the Employee Resource Groups. 

 

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