EMD BL20-2

what is it?

The EMD BL20-2 is a model of diesel electric locomotive produced by Electro-Motive Diesel in 1992. The locomotives were designed as rebuilds of the EMD GP9 with the addition of new technology, including an alternator and electronics equivalent to those of the Dash 2 line of locomotives. Despite the BL prefix, these locomotives were unrelated to the earlier EMD BL2.

base stats

• power 1.5 MWpower output
• weight 113 tin working order
• built 3made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 34 years ago, in 1992.
• 🚗1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🧓Still in service after 34 years.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1992

in service from

1992

status

in service

number built

3

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Electro-Motive Diesel

top speed

—

power

1.5 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

B-B

weight

113 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.