176-4396 EMD NW2 Western Pacific 608 Brand_Broadway-Limited-Imports Extensive sound functions included

Extensive sound functions included

Also featured in this new run of models is an exclusive special edition for Tower Models decorated in the popular mid-1990s Transrail Grey/Yellow livery

separate cab lighting at each end along with front and side lit destination boards

many of these locomotives were deemed surplus and offered for sale or hire

176-4396 EMD NW2 Western Pacific 608 Brand_Broadway-Limited-Imports Extensive sound functions includedEMDs 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