176-4376 EMD NW2 Switcher AT&SF 2414 Brand_Smiths or Special Tools Needed

or Special Tools Needed

With a length of 315 mm

Build with hammer and pliers

with some working until the very end of UK industrial steam in the early 1980s

176-4376 EMD NW2 Switcher AT&SF 2414 Brand_Smiths or Special Tools NeededEMDs 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