176-4379-DCC EMD NW2 Switcher Union Pacific 1032 - DCC-Fitted 1-27-Scale Bodywork faithfully reproduced

Bodywork faithfully reproduced

The inner end features separately fitted metal handrails

It originally entered service under the number 3591

Rigid Track System

41918 UP Express Service Steel Boxcar

176-4379-DCC EMD NW2 Switcher Union Pacific 1032 - DCC-Fitted 1-27-Scale Bodywork faithfully reproducedEMDs 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