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EMD BL2

Janesville & Southeastern #52 at the National Railroad Museum
NameEMD BL2
PowertypeDiesel-electric
CaptionJanesville & Southeastern #52 at the National Railroad Museum
Gaugeussg
AarwheelsB-B
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
BuildmodelBL2
Totalproduction58
BuilddateApril 1948 - May 1949
Localeeastern and midwestern United States
PrimemoverEMD 567B
Cylindercount16
Poweroutput1,500 hp (1,100 kW)
Tractiveeffort56,200 lbf (250 kN)

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The EMD BL2 is a four-axle B-B road switcher built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). Often considered the "Ugly Duckling" of diesel offerings from EMD, the BL2 set the stage for the company's widely successful GP series of locomotives.

EMD BL2 Video

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3.47 min. | 4.83 user rating		 A Westerm Marland BL2 in action along with a Set of EMD F's and Alco FA.
1.98 min. | 4.92 user rating		 A meet was set up by WMC for the photographers with some pretty rare stuff. A BL2, FA-1 (cab control) and an A-B set of F's, all in WM paint.
0.92 min. | 4.94 user rating		 This video is a walk through of a General Motors EMD BL2 diesel locomotive. This unit was purchased new for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad back in 1949 an...
8.08 min. | 4.95 user rating		 Rock In Rio 2011 - Metallica ♫ Fade To Black.
7.55 min. | 4.88 user rating
Here's the fourth of my older Protosound 1 diesel locomotives that I've converted to Protosound 2. It's the Premier model of the EMD BL2 which came out in 19...
1.57 min. | 4.42 user rating		 A Moose Mountain Production filmed by Richard 'Moose' Ouellette. Take a look around Bangor & Aroostook's Northern Maine Jct. facility on 08/04/1980. See RARE...
24.10 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Here's the last of my oldie but goodies, the last of the PS1 diesels that I have never before shown in one of my videos. This MTH Premier model of the EMD BL...
0.68 min. | 5.0 user rating		 "FPON" Foreign Power in Ontario, a scene that has become more prominent on the CP Rail in the last year. During the hot and sticky month of July 2011, variou...
3.95 min. | 4.90 user rating		 So I find out in the morning that there are not one, but TWO BL2s on their way through Chicagoland on CN train 336. Unfortunately the train didn't arrive unt...
0.70 min. | 5.0 user rating

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Roster :
Serial numbers Railroad Road numbers Quantity
4449 - 4452 Monon 30-33 4
4724 - 4729 Chesapeake and Ohio¹ 80-85 6
5243 - 5244 Monon 34-35 2
5259 - 5262 Boston and Maine 1550 – 1553 4
5451 - 5458 Missouri Pacific 4104-4111 8
5528 - 5533 Florida East Coast 601-606 6
5921 - 5922 Western Maryland Railway 81-82 2
6013 - 6013 Chicago and Eastern Illinois 1600 - 1601 2
6134 - 6138 Rock Island 425-429 5
6275 - 6282 Chesapeake and Ohio 1840 – 1847 8
7428 Chicago and Eastern Illinois2 1602 1
8161 - 8166 Bangor and Aroostook 550 - 555 (later 50 - 55) 6
8420 - 8422 Monon 36-38 3
8616 - 8617 Bangor and Aroostook 556 - 557 (later 56 - 57) 2
Total 9 railroads 59 engines

4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD

BL1 * BL2 * GP7, GP7B * GP9, GP9B * GP15-1 * GP15AC * GP15T GP15D * GP18 * GP20 * GP20D * GP22ECO * GP28 * GP30 * GP30B * GP35 * GP38 * GP38AC * GP38-2/38-2L/38-2W * GP38H-3 * GP39 * GP39DC * GP39X * GP39-2 * GP40 * GP40X * GP40-2 * GP40P * GP40P-2 * GP40TC * GP49 * GP50 * GP59 * GP60 * GP60B * GP60M



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