EMD BL20-2

The EMD BL20-2 was a diesel-electric locomotive model produced by Electro-Motive Diesel in 1992, designed as a rebuild of the EMD GP9 with new technology, including an alternator and electronics equivalent to those of the Dash 2 line. Despite the BL prefix it was unrelated to the earlier EMD BL2. EMD produced three BL20-2 demonstrators, numbered 120 to 122, but no customer could be found for the model, which was competing in a saturated market for rebuilt locomotives. The three demonstrators remain in service as part of a locomotive leasing company run by GATX and EMD's leasing division.