EMD F2

The EMD F2 was a freight-hauling diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between July 1946 and November 1946. It succeeded the FT model in GM-EMD's F-unit sequence, and was replaced in turn by the F3. The F2 was in many respects a transitional type between those two; it kept the the power output of the F3, but in a revised carbody design and internal layout that would be continued through the rest of the F-unit series. 74 cab-equipped lead A units and 30 cabless booster B units were built, making this the least built of all the F-unit variants.

There are no reliable recognition features for a F2. They were built with what has become known as 'Type 1' side panels, with three portholes and no filter grilles, but this was carried over into early F3 production and in any case could be changed later by the owning railroad. Like most F3s, they were built with small side numberboards. They, and all subsequent F-units, are readily distinguished from the FT by having two exhaust stacks instead of four, and by having no large overhang on the end of the B units, while the trucks were a little further away from the other ends. They also had four radiator fans at the center of the unit next to each other in line on the roof instead of two at each end. This was the result of the change from belt driven fans to electrically driven fans.

Deliveries

• Alabama Great Southern Railroad: 2 A units
• Atlantic and East Carolina Railway: 2 A units
• Atlantic Coast Line: 12 A units, 12 B units
• Boston and Maine Railroad: 18 A units, 3 B units
• Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: 10 A units
• Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: 12 A units
• Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad: 2 A units, 1 B unit
• New York Central Railroad: 2 A units
• Nacionales de Mexico: 14 A units, 14 B units