The EMD BL2 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). A total of 58 units (plus a single BL1) were built between 1947 and 1949. [1] The BL2 was not very successful, as it was unreliable and occupied a gap between carbody and hood units, which resulted in it suffering from the drawbacks of ...

2024年12月18日 · Electro-Motive's BL2 was the stepping stone for the company's highly successful General Purpose (GP) series. The locomotive was a derivative of the F3, EMD's most successful cab model until the F7 debuted in 1949.

2021年7月29日 · But at the height of its postwar prosperity, EMD made one memorable misstep: the BL2 diesel locomotive and its prototype, the BL1. Although competitors Alco, Baldwin, and Fairbanks-Morse had begun producing road-switcher-type diesel locomotives as early as 1941, EMD was reluctant to offer one.

The BL2 is something of an oddity in the history of diesel locomotives. It was a rare miss by EMD, the monolith of diesel builders in those days. However, the BL2 allowed EMD to test technologies for the road switcher design that would soon follow. EMD learned what to do, and not what to do, in the design of the GP7.

First put into production in 1948, the GM-EMD model BL-2 was designed for local freight services, passenger services, and mixed freight manifest trains. The diesel-electric switcher’s unique sculpted body made it possible for engineers to see the end of a train when moving in reverse, and its rear platforms provided a safe perch for crews to ...

1 天前 · It seems to be generally agreed that the BL-2 was a flop: discontinued after 59 units, replaced in the EMD catalogue by the very successful but radically different GP-7. The basic package SHOULD have been successful: use the works of the popular F …

2023年6月6日 · Electro-Motive Division's BL2 is quite the unique little diesel. It was EMD's first attempt at a road-switcher, competing with ALCO, Baldwin, and Fairbanks-Morse. It's not very well known...

The EMD BL2 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). A total of 58 units (plus a single BL1) were built between 1947 and 1949.

The EMD BL2 is a four-axle B-B road switcher built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). EMD's diesel program was well underway in the late 1940s and early 1950s, thanks to the success of the company's FT demonstrations across the country.

EMD BL1and BL2; Data Sheet Information Compiled by: JEAN-DENIS BACHAND: New: 6 May 2006 : Artwork by: Jean-Denis Bachand-Engine Builder: EMD: Engine: 567B 16 cylinder: ... BL1 and BL2 Total Length: 54'-00" Wheel Diameter: 40" Truck Wheel Base: 9'-00" Height to Top Engine Hood: 14'-06" Height to Top Cab : 15'-00" Cab Width: 10'-07.5" Engine Hood ...