Tags: Locomotive.
The ALCO DL-202-2 and DL-203-2 diesel-electric locomotive (known informally as the Black Maria) was an experimental freight locomotive produced by ALCO of Schenectady New York. The primary diesel builders Alco Baldwin and EMD pushed the War Production Board (WPB) for more opportunities to build more diesels. The Transportation Equipment Division of the WPB announced a production schedule on December 10 1943 that allowed Alco to build one 4500 horsepower experimental diesel locomotive.