EMD B12

The EMD B12 is a model of diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by the General Motors Diesel. Total 49 locomotives were built from 1953 to 1956 at Ontario GMD plant, London, Canada. 40 of these were for Eastern Bengal Railway of East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) and 9 were for Victoria a Minas Railway of Brazil.
== Builder details ==
The 9 locos for Brazil were exported in July, 1953. They were numbered from 521 to 529 by the Victoria a Minas Railway. These locos were later sold to the Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul.
The 40 locos for East Pakistan were exported in three phases:
* August–October, 1953: 2000–2009
* July–September, 1954: 2010–2024
* March–April, 1956: 2025–2039
They were given the class/series #2000 by the Eastern Bengal Railway and numbered from 2000 to 2039. The present class-name is MEG-11. They were the very first diesel loco to ever come in the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. As of 2020 (after almost 70 years), six locos are still running in the service of Bangladesh Railway.
== Technical details ==
EMD B12 locos have the EMD 567 prime mover. The AAR wheel arrangement is A1A-A1A for East Pakistan and B-B for Brazil. These locos have a power of 1,125 hp (839 kW).
== Gallery ==
File:EMD GM B12.jpg
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