Last month, Milwaukee County Zoo’s North Shore Bank Safari Train got its first new engine in more than 30 years.

Engine No. 2025 – a 15-inch Tier 4 diesel hydraulic locomotive built by Swanee River Railroad Company in Lufkin, Texas – arrived at the Zoo on Aug. 8.

The engine, which is 20 feet long and 45 inches wide was delivered to the Zoo by the Texas company, which tested the engine to ensure smooth sailing on the zoo’s tracks.

The locomotive is the first at the zoo to have been built outside of Wisconsin. It is modeled after an F40-PHL style engine.