C&O EMD BL2 #83

C&O EMD BL2 #83

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With the creation of the iconic FT, the railroads had a new demand for
roadswitching duties. While ALCO provided this demand with engines such as the RS-1, EMD wanted a piece of the pie
and created the BL1. They basically took an F unit and turned it into a roadswitcher unit. The lack of a full
carbody allowed for crews to see behind them much easier. Later the BL1 would become the BL2. But because ALCO
had already established them selves in the branchlines, the demand for the BL2s never materialized and production
of the locomotive was ended only a year later. However some railroads still purchased a copy. The railroads in question
were the Monon, Cheseapeke & Ohio, Bangor & Aroostook, Boston & Maine, Rock Island, Missouri Pacific,
Florida East Coast, and the Western Maryland.

The BL stands for Branch Line. The BL1 an 2 had a streamlined carbody design due to their connections to the F units.
However this caused for a lack of an exterior walkway which resulted in engineers still having trouble seeing
ground crewmen. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois would purchase the demonstrater BL1 unit and would be the only
railroad that rostered a BL1. The others had BL2s. While the BL2 failed only from a sales perspective, they were
by no means bad locomotives. And EMD wasn't done with the branchlines yet. And in 1949, EMD revealed a new branchline
locomotive. The GP7. This diesel was the BL2, perfected and would be the final nail in the coffin for steam.
The GP7 and GP9 would be EMDs best sellers. Today a number of BL2s have been preserved. Some even still operate.
This variation of the BL2s is of C&O Number 83. The C&O had several different variants so I picked the one that had
the most cosmetic parts changes to allow for additional kitbashing

Author: Michael4201

C&O EMD BL2 #83
• bl2 body map v4.png 1.35MB
• bl2 body map v4.texture.txt 65 bytes
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bl2 body map v4.png 1.52MB
body details 1.001.png 394.74KB
body details 2.png 219.77KB
c&o bell.png 564.18KB
c&o numberboards v2.png 447.39KB
cab interior v3.png 675.80KB
coupler.png 455.75KB
doors.png 1.21MB
exhaust fan vents.png 253.51KB
exhaust stack.png 363.57KB
frame v2.png 1.44MB
fuel tank v2.png 440.25KB
glass v2.png 636.13KB
handrails v1v2.png 307.48KB
headlight v1v2.png 300.68KB
horn v2.png 501.02KB
marker lights v2.png 240.85KB
nose v3.png 1.90MB
window frames v2.png 181.96KB
• body details 1.001.png 281.71KB
• body details 1.001.texture.txt 71 bytes
• body details 2.png 96.70KB
• body details 2.texture.txt 63 bytes
• c&o bell.png 777.93KB
• c&o bell.texture.txt 51 bytes
• c&o numberboards v2.png 446.15KB
• c&o numberboards v2.texture.txt 73 bytes
• cab interior v3.png 329.88KB
• cab interior v3.texture.txt 65 bytes
• config.txt 6.01KB
• coupler.png 435.83KB
• coupler.texture.txt 49 bytes
• doors.png 964.84KB
• doors.texture.txt 45 bytes
• exhaust fan vents.png 275.48KB
• exhaust fan vents.texture.txt 69 bytes
• exhaust stack.png 155.34KB
• exhaust stack.texture.txt 61 bytes
• frame v2.png 1.64MB
• frame v2.texture.txt 51 bytes
• fuel tank v2.png 212.78KB
• fuel tank v2.texture.txt 59 bytes
• glass v2.png 1.00MB
• glass v2.texture.txt 51 bytes
• handrails v1v2.png 139.28KB
• handrails v1v2.texture.txt 63 bytes
• headlight v1v2.png 287.02KB
• headlight v1v2.texture.txt 63 bytes
• horn v2.png 236.48KB
• horn v2.texture.txt 49 bytes
• loco.im 3.33MB
• marker lights v2.png 114.56KB
• marker lights v2.texture.txt 67 bytes
• nose v3.png 1.78MB
• nose v3.texture.txt 49 bytes
• sfx_loco.gs 2.78KB
• thumbnail.png 3.03MB
• window frames v2.png 91.43KB
• window frames v2.texture.txt 67 bytes