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Gary Everhart's Collection
 
2/14/2025
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Western Maryland
Model:EMD BL2Built As:WM 81 (BL2)
Serial Number:5921Order No:E960
Frame Number:E960-1Built:10/1948
Notes:blt 10/48
Other locos with this serial:  WM 7181(BL2) WM 81(BL2) WM 7171(BL2)
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WM BL2 #81 - Western Maryland
Title:  WM BL2 #81 - Western Maryland
Description:  The EMD BL2's are one of my favorite models - can't explain why but it is. Rail fan Michael A. Tedesco caught this Western Maryland B:2 #81 at hagerstow, MD. Notes - EMD, 12/1948 ,serial #5921, 1500 hp, renumbered Chessie #7181 in 1976., Due to a locomotive numbering conflict with MDOT, the switcher received yet another number – No. 7171 – in 1981. The No. 7171 continued to work in the Hagerstown yard until 1982, when it was retired, repainted, and renumbered to match its original Western Maryland appearance. The following year, CSX donated the switcher to the B&O Railroad Museum. It resides at the B&O Museum aa a valued member on display.
Photo Date:  9/17/1975  Upload Date: 2/7/2025 3:54:41 AM
Location:  Hagerstown, MD
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  WM 81(BL2)
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