Normally, whenever I buy a model, I post information on the basis. Well, I cant on this one, as Lionel (the people who made this train), felt they didn't have the time to use an ACTUAL New York Central locomotive, so they quite literally re-painted their Polar Express train set with New York Central colors. Lionel has this habit of whenever they have a cheap-ish train set with a steam engine, they usually repaint the Polar Express consist to whatever livery the set demands