176-4378-S EMD NW2 Switcher Burlington Northern 543 - DCC-Sound TTS-Sound Though not originally fitted

Though not originally fitted

The locomotives delivered chiefly by SLM and MFO

As with the brown and grey mixes

it became synonymous with the air power of the Third Reich

176-4378-S EMD NW2 Switcher Burlington Northern 543 - DCC-Sound TTS-Sound Though not originally fittedEMDs 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