page_title: Bulldog nose
section_title: Clyde Engineering derivatives
hierarchical_section_title: Bulldog nose / Clyde Engineering derivatives
caption_attribution_description: Genesee and Wyoming Australia operated grain train at Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Locos are CLP17, GM class, 2x 22 class (ex NSW 422 class) then CFCLA hoppers
context_page_description: "Bulldog nose" is the nickname given, due to their appearance, to several diesel locomotives manufactured by GM-EMD and its licencees from 1939 to 1970. The term originated with EMD F-units, as well as later E-unit models such as the E7, E8, and E9.
context_section_description: In 1951 the EMD F7 series was modified by General Motors' Australian licence holder Clyde Engineering to fit Australian loading gauge and axle load constraints. The 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) A1A-A1A Clyde/EMD ML1 locomotive was introduced on the Commonwealth Railways as the GM class, as well as exported to Pakistan. It was further developed into the ML2 as a dual cab Co-Co locomotive, with a bulldog nose at each end, for Victorian Railways (VR) becoming that system's B class. A single-nose variant of the design, the EMD A7, with the revised 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) EMD 567C series engine was introduced as the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) 42 class, VR S class, and an upgraded GM class. The design continued to be developed with the dual-cab EMD AJ16C, introduced on NSWGR as the 421 class, although unlike the earlier ML2 the bulldog nose was only used on one end of these locomotives. 1970 saw the introduction of the last new locomotive design in the world to utilise the F-series bulldog nose, the 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) EMD AT26C, introduced on the Commonwealth Railways as the CL class. A final Australian iteration of the bulldog nose in Australian locomotive practice was the rebuild of the 30-year-old Victorian ML2 units into the EMD AAT22C-2R, introduced as the V/Line A class.
caption: An ex Commonwealth Railways CL class leads a GM class locomotive in Australia.
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