Product Description

[SD70M]
- The SD70M is a diesel locomotive with an output of 4,000 horsepower (2,980 kW), and is the most produced in the SD70 series, with 1,646 locomotives produced between 1992 and 2004.
- Among them, UP owns 1455 cars and NS owns 68 cars.
- The appearance is very similar to SD70MAC, and the difference is that the main motor is a DC motor for SD70M, and an AC motor for SD70MAC.
- SD70M has 2 windows and 3 windows on the front of the driver's cab, 2 radiator panels on each side and 4 panels on each side, HT-C and HTCR type trucks There is a truck vehicle.
- The SD70M is still active throughout the United States with SD70ACe, ES44AC, etc., towing Cole Porter and MAXI-I.

[SD70M UP1979 `We Are One`]
- The year 1979, when UP's first ERG, the Black Employee Network, was established to honor the activities of the ERG (employee resource group), was assigned to the number of SD70M and made into a vividly colored commemorative paint machine. did.
- The SD70M UP1979 `We Are One` was unveiled in Houston, Texas on Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in June 2021.
- Held in Houston, Texas in honor of Juneteenth because Texas was the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday.
- An ERG (employee resource group) is a self-development group in which employees with similar attributes and characteristics connect grassroots and help each other. The majority of employees are white men, and the company has been run by them.
- Therefore, Black employees face various forms of discrimination, and with the aim of improving them and enabling Black employees to create a positive environment not only within the company but also in the community, Xerox It started with the establishment of the [black faction], the predecessor of ERG.
- After that, in the United States, employment discrimination based on race, gender, etc. was prohibited by law, and more companies set up similar employee groups, and UP also established ERG in 1979.
- SD70M UP 1979 `We Are One` contains the message of respecting the diversity of race and gender unique to the United States and coexisting as one human being.


Item Size/Weight : 19.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm / 170g

Product Specifications

Item series

Diesel Locomotive

Organization

Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Region

North America

Item code

176-1979

JAN code

4949727688794

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