176-4377-S EMD NW2 Switcher Burlington Northern 534 - DCC-Sound Brand_Irish_Railway_Models Dumb Buffers (two lengths supplied)

Dumb Buffers (two lengths supplied)

Over subsequent decades

Size: 260X660X390 mm

some briefly were painted in the blue/yellow bookends scheme in 1971 before the entire fleet ended up in yellow warbonnet by 1973

Battery boxes

176-4377-S EMD NW2 Switcher Burlington Northern 534 - DCC-Sound Brand_Irish_Railway_Models Dumb Buffers (two lengths supplied)EMDs NW2 switchers lifetime was nearly cut short just three years after its introduction, with the establishment of the War Production Board in 1942, which dictated that EMD was to halt all production of switching locomotives, manufacturing only road diesels during the years of 1942 to 1945. However, such was the popularity of this end cab switching locomotive that after the restriction was lifted, the NW2 sprung back as many railroads placed orders