176-4392-S EMD NW2 Frisco 253 - DCC-Sound Brand_Bemo wooden or gunpowder van metal

wooden or gunpowder van metal doors

wrought-iron balconies and fire escape

Detailed operating instructions

including the FR company emblem

Power pick-up on all wheels

176-4392-S EMD NW2 Frisco 253 - DCC-Sound Brand_Bemo wooden or gunpowder van metalEMDs 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