KDLX BL2 52 sits outside the engine shop at the HVRM. This unit was recently restored to operating condition and does pull HVRM's excursions trains some weekends.

DGVR 82, an authentic Western Maryland BL2 leads the New Tygart Flyer eastbound out of Kelly Mountain Tunnel near Elkins.

Back in the Eighties, In More Ways Than One… A number of Bangor & Aroostook GP38s have gathered in the BAR's small yard in Hermon, adjacent to one of the railroad’s namesakes: Bango... (more)

Rolling east down the Lackawaxen River.

A fan trip behind Bangor & Aroostook BL-2 557, built in April 1949, crosses a bridge in Caribou, Maine, on June 1, 1980, to show off the diesel's new paint job. John W. Held photograph,... (more)

The BL2s were rather unsuccessful EMD design being a cross between an F-unit and a road switcher. The C&O owned 14 (the largest fleet) and used them almost exclusively in Michigan to power locals... (more)

Tucked away from the spotlights in Scranton is this gem of an operation with a very rich, noteworthy history that is often overlooked. 9880 is ex-CP 4040

It was a gray and gloomy day however visitors to the Kentucky Railway Museum then located in east Louisville prepare to board a Monon BL2 lead train.

The Stourbridge Line's Winter Wonderland Express travels North along the Lackawaxen River on a warm, rainy day. Shot taken from the Delaware & Hudson canal trail at Lock 31. The caboose is priva... (more)

Rock Island BL2 429 MU'ed with BL2 425 layover between freight runs at Peoria on April 2, 1960. Despite the uniqueness of BL2s, they had almost seventeen years of service before going to EMD as t... (more)

Bangor & Aroostook presented this nearly-original-condition EMD BL2, named the "American Railfan," to the Cole Land Transportation Museum in 1982. The only thing missing are the tractio... (more)

The Stourbridge Line in Honesdale, PA

The Stourbridge Line takes its name from the "Stourbridge Lion", a locomotive which was manufactured in Stouirbridge, England, by the firm Foster... (more)

The Stourbridge Line's 1949 built EMD BL2, former Bangor & Aroostook 54, is staged for boarding of at Honesdale, PA. The Delaware Lackwaxwen & Stourbridge operates their excursion trains to vari... (more)

Leading this southbound Monon freight is F3A #201, BL-2 #32, two more F3A's and an FM H15-44 #45 at Harrodsburg, Indiana on, Monon's Bloomington to Bedford Line in March 1965. Photo taken from my... (more)