Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad's original Western Maryland BL2 sporting its new fireball scheme waits to take passengers to Spruce WV on the Cheat Mountain Salamander. Western Maryland 82 ... (more)

In its first season of operation, the Stourbridge Line’s ex=Bangor & Aroostook BL2 leads an excursion train through Honesdale, Pennsylvania. At the time, the freight operator of the former Erie ... (more)

Say hello to the newest restoration from the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. Crews worked diligently this week and especially today to unveil Western Maryland EMD BL2 No. 82 in its new Wester... (more)

The S&NC's BL2 rests in the snow at Saratoga station after making 2 runs as the south end unit on the 2016 Polar Express.

Considered an ugly duckling by many, I'm quite the fan of the BL2 body lines, and especially like the black and gold of the Monon scheme on them. Here #32 sits behind the shops of the Kentucky Rai... (more)

The West Virginia Great Train Race... An annual tradition at the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, the Great Train Race is a public event that consists of a race between diesels and stea... (more)

After returning from an excursion to Lackawaxen, the Stourbridge Line’s ex-BAR BL2 returns to Honesdale as the brakeman flags the limited-visibility crossing. A Susquehanna RS3, the currently-as... (more)

Leading the Cheat Mountain Salamander consist, Western Maryland EMD BL2 No. 82 idles at the former town site of Spruce during the DGVR's annual Great Train Race celebration. This is one of ... (more)

Off for the Labor Day holiday, ex BAR BL2 is in position for the next weekend excursions.

Ex BAR BL-2 backs out of the barn to shuffle passenger cars.

Saratoga & North Creek's second BL2 sits in the North Creek yard. The engine is the former Bangor & Aroostook BAR 556, renumbered to BAR 56. It later went to a private owner and then the S&NC. It... (more)

A pair of Saratoga & North Creek BL2s are on point of the morning's train as it rolls over the Sacandaga River in Hadley, NY.

The Western Maryland purchased two EMD BL2’s in 1948, and placed them in road service, where they remained for twenty years. In 1968, they were permanently assigned to yard service in Hagerstown... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph