The bodies of these GP9 locomotives are painted black with black roofs; the cabs and rails are painted orange. The large New Haven herald is white and orange and the lettering is in white. Part of build order 5474 from EMD built during the summer of 1956 for New Haven, these locos are in their "as delivered" paint scheme. An EMD GP9 (also known as a "Dash 9" for short) is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro- Motive Division between January 1954 and August 1963.