Monon BL2 #36

Monon BL2 #36

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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 is of the Monons BL2's. I chose number 36 because thats the HO model I own.

Author: Michael4201

Monon BL2 #36
• bl2 body map v4.png 1.02MB
• bl2 body map v4.texture.txt 65 bytes
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bl2 body map v4.png 1.24MB
body details 1.001.png 395.08KB
body details 2.png 216.01KB
coupler.png 710.05KB
doors.png 1.21MB
exhaust fan vents.png 245.18KB
exhaust stack.png 615.48KB
frame v2.png 1.40MB
fuel tank v2.png 421.03KB
glass v2.png 636.83KB
handrails v1v2.png 292.19KB
horn v2.png 477.83KB
marker lights v2.png 240.91KB
monon headlight v2.png 297.46KB
nose v3.png 1.89MB
numberboards v2.png 398.77KB
window frames v2.png 183.06KB
• body details 1.001.png 94.50KB
• body details 1.001.texture.txt 71 bytes
• body details 2.png 87.24KB
• body details 2.texture.txt 63 bytes
• cab interior.001.png 36.91KB
• cab interior.001.texture.txt 67 bytes
• config.txt 6.44KB
• coupler.png 710.05KB
• coupler.texture.txt 49 bytes
• doors.png 1.02MB
• doors.texture.txt 45 bytes
• exhaust fan vents.png 204.84KB
• exhaust fan vents.texture.txt 69 bytes
• exhaust stack.png 240.40KB
• exhaust stack.texture.txt 61 bytes
• frame v2.png 526.67KB
• frame v2.texture.txt 51 bytes
• fuel tank v2.png 199.54KB
• fuel tank v2.texture.txt 59 bytes
• glass v2.png 1.01MB
• glass v2.texture.txt 51 bytes
• handrails v1v2.png 140.03KB
• handrails v1v2.texture.txt 63 bytes
• horn v2.png 184.13KB
• horn v2.texture.txt 49 bytes
• loco.im 3.36MB
• marker lights v2.png 131.65KB
• marker lights v2.texture.txt 67 bytes
• monon headlight v2.png 317.16KB
• monon headlight v2.texture.txt 71 bytes
• nose v3.png 1.26MB
• nose v3.texture.txt 49 bytes
• numberboards v2.png 144.63KB
• numberboards v2.texture.txt 65 bytes
• sfx_loco.gs 2.78KB
• thumbnail.png 2.93MB
• window frames v2.png 174.43KB
• window frames v2.texture.txt 67 bytes