| EMD NW2 | |
| Powertype: | Diesel-electric |
| Builder: | General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) |
| Buildmodel: | NW2, TR |
| Builddate: | February 1939 - December 1949 |
| Totalproduction: | NW2: 1,145 TR: 41 |
| Aarwheels: | B-B |
| Length: | 44 feet |
| Primemover: | EMD 12-567 or 12-567A |
| Enginetype: | V12 |
| Generator: | D4, D15 used in late 1949 production |
| Tractionmotors: | 4 D7 |
| Cylindercount: | 12 |
| Poweroutput: | 1000hp |
The EMD NW2 is a 1000abbr=onNaNabbr=on, B-B switcher locomotive manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. From February 1939 to December 1949, EMD produced 1,145 NW2s: 1,121 for U.S. and 24 for Canadian railroads. Starting in late 1948, the NW2s were manufactured in EMD's Plant #3 in Cleveland, Ohio. The locomotives were powered by a 12-cylinder model 567 engine and later a model 567A engine. In addition, EMD built three TR cow-calf paired sets, 36 TR2 cow-calf paired sets, and two TR3 cow-calf-calf sets. The TR sets were built before World War II; the TR2 and TR3 sets afterward.
Distinguishing features include two stacks in the middle of the hood, a half-height radiator grille, no sand box on the front platform, and no small louvers at the top front corners of the sides of the hood. The predecessor of the NW2 was the NW1. The "N" in NW1 stands for the nine in 900abbr=onNaNabbr=on. The "W" in both models stands for "welded frame".
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 701–704 | Sold 11-70 to Clinchfield Railroad #357-360, retired by Clinchfield 1980, 357-358 traded to GE, 359-360 sold to Clinchfield Coal Company | ||
| 1 | 10 | |||
| 15 | 2353–2367 | Renumbered 2403–2417 | ||
| 6 | 601, 603, 605, 611, 613, 615 | 600,611,613,615 Renumbered 600-602,604, 600-605 to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 20-25 | ||
| 49 | 400–408, 550–589 | Renumbered 9500–9508, 9542-9551, 9512–9541 | ||
| 3 | 409–411 | Renumbered 9509–9511 | ||
| 4 | 800–803 | Renumbered 20–23 | ||
| 14 | 1200–1213 | |||
| 20 | 7936–7945, 7956–7965 | |||
| 2 | 20, 25 | renumbered 1016-1017 | ||
| 2 | 1060–1061 | |||
| 41 | 1850–1856, 5200–5213, 5060–5079 | 1850-1856 renumbered 9558-9564 | ||
| 6 | 119–124 | 119 renumbered 125, 120-125 renumbered 1029-1034, then 1029, 1033, 1034 to Louisville & Nashville 2207-2209 | ||
| 2 | 250–251 | 250 to Acme-Newport Steel 2, 251 to Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific 300 | ||
| 17 | 16–31, 42 | to Chicago and North Western Railway 16-31, 42, 16-30, 42 renumbered 1017-1020, 1022–1032, 1016, 1033, 31 to East Camden & Highland 61 | ||
| 46 | 9203–9248 | to Burlington Northern 500-545 | ||
| Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway (“Monon”) | 7 | DS-1, DS-2, DS-3, 14–17 | DS-1, DS-2, DS-3 renumbered 11–13 | |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road”) | 8 | 1647–1654 | Renumbered 665–672 | |
| 10 | 765–774 | |||
| 1 | 70 | to Chicago and North Western Railway 70 | ||
| 4 | 150–153 | to Burlington Northern. Same | ||
| Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad | 3 | 100–102 | ||
| 5 | 461–465 | to Erie Lackawanna Railroad 441-445 | ||
| 1 | 7000 | Renumbered 100 | ||
| 11 | 104–112, 114–115 | |||
| 7 | 910–916 | |||
| 40 | 403–407, 409–443 | |||
| Electro-Motive Division (demonstrator) | 1 | 889 | to Union Pacific 1000 | |
| 27 | 401–427 | to Erie Lackawanna 401-427 | ||
| 3 | 603, 605–606 | to Burlington Northern. Same | ||
| Fort Worth Belt Railway | 1 | 2 | to Missouri Pacific Railroad 1020 | |
| 5 | 901–905 | |||
| 24 | 7900–7914, 7966–7974 | 7974 built as Central Vermont Railway 7974 | ||
| 51 | 5302–5331, 5334-5336, 145–162 | 5302–5336 renumbered 102–135, to Burlington Northern 450-499 | ||
| 17 | 9150–9166 | Renumbered 1000–1016 | ||
| 78 | 8715–8739, 8774–8802, 8811–8834 | 8715 to Peoria & Eastern 8907 (2nd), 8797 to New York Central 8926 (2nd) then Penn Central 8926, 8794, 8795, 8792-8802 to New York Central same numbers, then to Penn Central same numbers | ||
| Indiana Northern Railway | 1 | 100 | to NJI&I 2, then Wabash 353, then N&W 3353 | |
| 7 | 30–36 | |||
| 32 | 1100–1102, 1125–1126, 1200–1226 | 1125–1126, 1212-1221 were Louisiana & Arkansas | ||
| 1 | 1001 | to Texas & Pacific Railroad 1027 | ||
| Lake Champlain and Moriah Rail Road | 1 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 100–104 | |||
| Lake Terminal Railroad | 20 | 1001–1020 | ||
| 7 | 180–186 | |||
| 5 | 2240–2244 | Renumbered 2215–2219 | ||
| Manistee and Northeastern Railway | 2 | 2–3 | to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 5297-5298 | |
| 2 | 80–81 | |||
| 2 | D-139, D-740 | Renumbered 100, 101 to Chicago & North Western Ry 100, 201, renumbered 1036, 1021 | ||
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (“Soo Line”) | 2 | 300, 301 | ||
| Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Wisconsin Central Railway) | 1 | 2108 | ||
| 3 | 9104–9106 | 9104, 9106 renumbered 1021, 1022 | ||
| 1 | 51 | to Missouri Pacific Railroad 1028 | ||
| 5 | 1026–1030 | Renumbered 7–11 | ||
| 5 | 20–23, 25 | 25 renumbered 19; to Louisville and Nashville Railroad 2119-2123, renumbered 2210-2214 | ||
| 57 | 8700–8714, 8740–8773, 8803–8810 | 8705-8714, 8740-8749 were Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, 8700-8704, 8750-8773, 8803-8810 to Penn Central same numbers | ||
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) | 16 | 7–22 | ||
| 21 | 111–131 | 115 to Northern Pacific Railway 99, 111-113 to Unadilla Valley Railway 111-113, then to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 795-797, remainder to New York Central Railroad 9500-9516, renumbered 8683-8699, to Penn Central 8683-8699 | ||
| 6 | 101–106 | 99, 102-106 to Burlington Northern 586-592 | ||
| 32 | 3909, 5921–5925, 9155–9176, 9247–9250 | 3909 renumbered 5912, then 5912 renumbered 8677, 5921-5925 renumbered 8651-8654, 8678, 9155-9176 renumbered 8655-8676, 9247-9250 renumbered 8647-8650, to Penn Central as 8647-8678 | ||
| 6 | 400–405 | |||
| 14 | 51–64 | to Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 5275-5278, 5280-5282, 9565, 5284-5289 | ||
| Phelps Dodge Corporation, Lavender Pit | 2 | 1–2 | to Morenci Mine 1 (2nd), 2 (2nd) | |
| Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci Mine | 4 | 5–8 | ||
| Phelps Dodge Corporation, New Cornelia Branch Mine | 7 | 1–5, 3 (second) 4 (second) | 1, 2, 3 (1st), 4 (1st) to Morenci Mine 1-4, Morenci Mine 1, 2 returned to New Cornelia Branch 1, 2, Morenci Mine 3, 4 then to Lavender Pit 3, 4, then returned to New Cornelia Branch 3 (third), 4 (third), 5 to Lavender Pit 5, returned to New Cornelia Branch 5 | |
| Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad | 8 | 219, 222–225, 26–28 | 219, 222–225 renumbered 21–25 | |
| 8 | 90–92, 100–104 | |||
| 1 | D-815 | |||
| River Terminal Railway | 1 | 60 | ||
| 7 | 1406–1412 | 1406–1407, 1409-1412 to Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 31-36 | ||
| 69 | 2200–2204, 2206–2207, 2233–2284, 6050–6056, 6850, 6851, 8560 | 6050-6056 were Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, 6850-6851 were New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, 8560 was St. Johns River Terminal, 2235 renumbered 6504, then 2200-2204, 2206, 2207, 2233, 2234, 2236–2284, 6050-6056, 6504, 6850, 6851, 6560 renumbered 1018-1086 | ||
| 50 | 1310–1319, 1403–1425, 72–88 | 72-88 were Texas & New Orleans, 1310–1319, 72-88, 1403-1425 renumbered 1904-1953 | ||
| 3 | 40–42 | to Burlington Northern 593–595 | ||
| 4 | 1050–1053 | Renumbered to 1900-1903 | ||
| 16 | 250–265 | |||
| 3 | 900–902 | |||
| 17 | 551–567 | |||
| 20 | 1000–1019 | |||
| 4 | 51–54 | |||
| 1 | 52 | |||
| 95 | 1001–1095 | |||
| 20 | 536–555 | |||
| United States Navy, Fallbrook Naval Ammunition Depot | 4 | 1–4 | ||
| 1 | 44 | |||
| 3 | 350–352 | to Norfolk and Western Railway 3350–3352, 3350 to Des Moines Union Railway 7 | ||
| 2 | 50–51 | |||
| 4 | D-1–D-4 | to New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad 95-98, NKP 95-97 then to Wabash 347-349, NKP 98 to Des Moines Union 5, WAB 347 then to Des Moines Union Railway 6, 348-349 to Norfolk & Western 3348-3349 | ||
| Wheeling Steel Company | 1 | 1251 | ||
| Total | 1,145 |
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electro-Motive Division (demonstrator) | 1 set | 912AB | to CB&Q 9400AB, rebuilt to NW2's, to Burlington Northern 546-547 |
| 2 sets | 500AB, 501AB | renumbered 500, 510, 501, 511 | |
| 13 sets | 9401AB–9413AB | rebuilt to NW2's, to Burlington Northern 548-573 | |
| 2 sets | 2000AB, 2001AB | 2000A, 2001A renumbered 1009, 1010, 2000B, 2001B to slugs BU-4, BU-5 | |
| 9 sets | 58AB–66AB | to Chicago & North Western 58AB-66AB, 58A-61A, 63A-65A renumbered 1035, 1000, 1034, 1011, 1015, 1013, 1014, 58B-61B, 63B-65B renumbered 1106, 1107, 1105, 1101, 1104, 1102, 1103 | |
| 3 sets | 9206AB–9208AB | renumbered 1028AB-1030AB | |
| 1 set | 2000AB | renumbered 696AB | |
| 5 sets | 2400AB–2404AB | renumbered 2400/2450-2404/2454 | |
| Total | 36 sets | ||