176-4378-DCC EMD NW2 Switcher Burlington Northern 543 - DCC-Fitted 1-48-Scale Luggage racks

Luggage racks

The distinctive tandem twin-rotor configuration of this heavy-lift helicopter cleverly counteracts the effects of engine torque by having each of its huge rotor blade stacks rotate in opposite directions

The Wiiliam Stanier-designed Class 5 was introduced in 1934 onto the LMS and by the time the last was built in 1951

the new locomotives were broadly similar in appearance

ready to catch some rays

176-4378-DCC EMD NW2 Switcher Burlington Northern 543 - DCC-Fitted 1-48-Scale Luggage racksEMDs 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