States Bicentennial and made numerous special trips. The 13 Auto-Train locomotives were painted in that company's distinctive purple-white-and-red color scheme, devised by Carol Settles. Amtrak leased car six of Auto-Train's locomotives during the unusually harsh winter of 1976–1977 to provide power for the Chicago–Florida Floridian. At least one U36B has been preserved at the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society Museum. Original owners General Electric manufactured 125 locomotives between 1969–1975: See also GE Universal Series GE B36-7 Notes References External links B-B locomotives U36B Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States Railway locomotives introduced in 1969 Standard gauge locomotives of the United States