EMD BL2
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The EMD BL2 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. A total of 58 units were built between 1947 and 1949. The BL2 was not very successful, as it was u
Janesville & Southeastern #52 at the National Railroad Museum.
Road switcher locomotive
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A road switcher locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive designed to both haul railcars in mainline service and shunt them in railroad yards. Both type and term are North American in origin, althou
EMD BL2
…since the full-width carbody type was considered much more handsome and stylish. By 1948, competitors Alco, Baldwin, and Fairbanks-Morse had introduced road switcher locomotives, which used the narrow hood and full walkway of a switcher locomotive with a longer frame and the high-speed trucks of a road locomotive…
An ALCO RS-1, generally regarded as the first successful road switcher model
A JNR Class DE10, Japan's most popular road switcher model
Withdrawn BTH Type 1, class 15, as a carriage pre-heating unit in 1977
Class 20s coupled nose-to-nose at Derby