Canadian Pacific Kansas City has unveiled a commemorative locomotive livery honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and celebrating the founding of the United States of America.
KCS 1776, a new Tier 4 ET44AC locomotive from Wabtec’s Fort Worth manufacturing facility, is the first of five such locomotives that will bear the commemorative America 250 livery. It features Old Glory Red and Old Glory Blue colors as well as the logo of America250, the national nonpartisan organization established by Congress to lead the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
Other features include graphic representations of the Declaration of Independence opening phrase “In Congress” and the famous first words of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, as well as 13 stars encircling the date July 4, 1776.
Freight railroads take pride in their role in facilitating the country’s progress through the centuries. CPKC operates in 19 U.S. states as one of the largest freight railroads in America with an extensive network spanning the central United States. It stretches from North Dakota through the Upper Midwest and south to the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas, along with operations in the Northeast from New York to Maine.
At 8,800 miles, the U.S. network represents nearly 40 percent of CPKC’s three-nation North American railroad.
About one-third of CPKC’s employees live and work in the United States, serving thousands of businesses in the agriculture, automotive, steel, energy, chemical, and consumer markets across America. CPKC’s roots stretch back to the founding age of American railroading with the Delaware & Hudson and the expansion age of American railroading in the late 19th century, with Arthur E. Stilwell’s founding in 1887 of the Kansas City Suburban Belt Railway.
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