EMD bl2 EMD's ugly duckling. 

Definitely an Art-Deco like design from the 20-30's. Has a "Tank-like" look side view. I got to se one of these in action on the now defunct Saratoga & North Creek Railway during 2011-2018. The SNC had two of them but only one was working. Sad to see them go.

@@samueladams7 this locomotive is then one of my favorite because I love anything Art Deco

@@samueladams7 Would love to see one. I know there are a few (few as in maybe like 2) that still are in running condition. But I think they're all up north or in New England. Bangor and Aroostook has one that was running but I think it's just on static display now.

When Union Pacific commissioned EMD to build its DDA40X locomotives for its Centennial EMD had to contract the building of the locomotive frames to the John Mohr Company of Chicago because at 98 feet long EMD's factory could not accommodate the manufacturing of these frames.

Can you actually compare the Bl2 look with a stream lined sleek look of the F unit?

I was at South Potomac Junior HS in about 1968. I could sit in class and look out the window an see the BL2 and slug switching. Also in about 1960, I spent some nights at Grandma's house in Oak Ridge, near the yard. I remember lying there and hearing the GP's with there 567's kicking cars. I love that sound.

I rode that excursion this past summer!

HA... they did indeed

82 is not at cass it is operated by a railroad next to cass which is called the West Virginia Central.

im sure emd clapped back with emd sd40-2

Yes. Please fix this.

@@desweds Either that, or his violin is just too small....

It was actually the BAR F3 units the Engineers loved, Most of the old guys I knew Liked to have an F3 on the head end with Bl2s and Geeps following , The BL2 was known for its low center of gravity and better traction than the other models as far as I know the only significant upgrade the Bl2s Ever Got were the nose mounted bell and possibly updated engine blocks early on , The Bl2 were all out of service by the mid 1980s #54 was the last one in active service and was sold to the SBRR in 1986 , the 557 sat around broke down and out of service from about 1981 until it was donated and moved to the Coles Museum in 1989 51 was scrapped in 1994, 53 was demolished in 1972, 55 was scrapped at some point in time 52 and 56 were sold to Glen Mohart in the very early 90s , But what I do Know is they were not loved at all for their Comfort engineers hated them actually they complained of them being very cold in the sub artic cold winters of northern Maine and of course the Mechanical Crew hated working on them, it was #51 and #56 that had their ballast weights removed to operate on the Greenville branch , Its sad there are none of them left here in Maine I loved to see them when i was a kid and I loved the Leslie A200 Horns

I used to call E & F series EMD locomotives "sad eye trains" as a kid, lol

@@HoosierDaddy_ they have that look as if they just left their all loved ones behind

While your correct that the NW-3 could be used as a road switcher, it was marketed as a passenger terminal switcher by EMD, this is to say for mainly moving coaches around the yards and into stations and for occasional passenger service on the main. That said, the GN, who ordered them, Used them, mostly, on a mixed passenger run. Thanks for watching!

Hmm I wonder if GM included fries with it? 😊

​@@alcobufffSorry, that's going to cost you extra.

Wish bachmann would make a BAR paint scheme

The locomotive that you are referring to, is actually an alco box cab locomotive called the 60 ton. GE did not build it. Instead, GE provided the electronics for these locomotives to alco who actually built them, with prime movers by Ingersoll/rand. I also note at 13:30 that alco and GE were partners in locomotive production, till the U-boats came out. The first GE locomotive built by the company, was the 20-ton boxcar switcher in 1938, with a prime mover by Cummins, this was not a road loco and only a side project like the rest of the company's small industrial switchers, not road switcher locomotives or export models. only 5 were built. The company would only start with domestic road switchers till the late 50's. As for the BL1 , only a single proto type was made that was later used a a demo locomotive, it was never in production.