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Monon BL2... - Cox 1947 - 11-03-2010 I have always wanted a Monon BL2 ever since I got into N scale...I have always been a Monon fan and railfanned the line...With the gift of one from a friend i got my wish...I wanted to use a M/T conversion to close front and rear but when I found out they are almost 12.00 I used some plastic from a Wally World "for sale" sign and some Atlas couplers I jerry rigged a body mount..The caboose is one I painted awhile back for my other Monon engine a Con cor F3... Jerry Re: Monon BL2... - SeriousSam - 12-04-2010 Very cool. How do the couplers perform? Any issues? Nice looking loco BTW. Ive always liked BL2s Re: Monon BL2... - Cox 1947 - 12-04-2010 Sam they work pretty well...They are old Atlas that I picked up from folks that replace them with M/T's...Jerry Re: Monon BL2... - P5se Camelback - 12-04-2010 To me, BL-2's are to the diesel world sorta what Camelbacks are to the steam world ... odd, but interesting just the same. There is a tourist railroad in Honesdale, PA that sports a BL-2 on it's roster ... and it's quite possibly the only motive power on it's roster. For those interested in BL-2's, I offer the following Stourbridge Line links ... <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thestourbridgeline.com/">http://www.thestourbridgeline.com/</a><!-- m --> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmDtSNjm6v8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmDtSNjm6v8</a><!-- m --> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQkREXUE50&NR=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQkREXUE50&NR=1</a><!-- m --> Re: Monon BL2... - rrinker - 12-04-2010 See I've always viewed the BL-2 as an early example of what went wrong with GM. Alco already had their successful RS series in production whent eh BL-2 was conceived - yet for whatever unknown reason they stuck with the idea of a truss-frame construction like F units, only lowered and narrowed in an attempt to get better visibility. How much development effort and money were wasted at EMD to sell a mere 59 locos that no one wanted, until they tried again and got it right with the GP-7? This is intended in no means to criticize the model or the ingenuity shown in a DIY alternative to an expensive coupler conversion - just remarks about GM/EMD and the mentality that would lead otherwise intellignet engineers to design such a thing when there were already superior designs proving themselves int he marketplace. --Randy Re: Monon BL2... - FCIN - 12-04-2010 Jerry; Monon BL-2 No. 32 is alive and well at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, KY. They frequently use it on their excursion trains. The C&O used to use them on the section of the George Washington passenger train between Ashland and Louisville, KY. With their dual operating stands and unusual appearance I always liked the BL-2 myself. |