One of fifty-nine BL2s produced, the 7172 and its slug are hard at work on a steamy June afternoon in 1981. The unit was built for the Western Maryland Railway in October, 1948, as their No. 82.
Two rare EMD relics from the past(and a caboose) sit silently awaiting their pick up from the Battenkill local(the run was cancelled today due to no loads delivered yet by the Pan Am) to head nor... (more)
On display at the 75th Anniversary Open House at General Motors Electro-Motive Division’s plant in Illinois is Janesville & Southern (a fictional railroad) 52, a BL-2. Built by EMD in March 194... (more)
A pair of the Monon's distinctive BL2s haul a Clearing Yard-Hammond transfer run through Pullman Junction in South Chicago. The EMD BL2, a late-1940s transitional model between cab units and road ... (more)
On a typical cloudy October day in the Adirondacks, the SNC passenger train gets ready to depart Hadley Station back to Saratoga with the rare BL2 leading.