Bob, is the BL2 demonstrator MTH or Williams?
Coach Joe- it's a MTH 20-2132-0 ![thumb](https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/static/images/graemlins/icon_thumbsup.gif)
Ron- I have a Williams WM version too.
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Bob, I do like the Western Maryland and thought about it but definitely did not want to ad another road to the roster. Thankfully Mark pointed me to the demonstrator. Got luckier that my dealer got it for me at a great MTH special offer price for the last few.
A little info about the BL 499 demonstrator, it was built 9/1947 as the only BL1. Was converted to a BL2 2/194 and later sold to the C&EI 12/1948.
Ron
Ron,
I'm glad you like the Demonstrator and got such a good deal to boot! I did not know that it was built as the only BL1. Often I wonder what happened to the numbers no one ever hears of.
Mark, somewhere I thought I found a where are they now. But cannot find it.
I did find my list of where they originally went.
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Mark, the rest of the question. I did find this.
Despite the few number built, there are actually more BL2s preserved than one might think. Additionally, at least four are still operational; Western Maryland #82 at the West Virginia Central, Monon #32 at the Kentucky Railway Museum, the Stourbridge Line in Pennsylvania operates Bangor & Aroostook (BAR) #54, and Saratoga & North Creek Railway operates BAR #52. Others preserved include WM #81 at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, BAR #56 at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, and BAR #57 at the Cole Transportation Museum in Maine. A particular reason why so many of Bangor & Aroostook's BL2s are preserved is that the railroad continued operating them into the early 1980s.
Ron