[3] 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.
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 the locomotives.
These were effectively Clyde's ML2 design modified to meet European clearance standards, and had a lower nose and deeper cab windows.
[citation needed] In October 1953 Henschel und Sohn of Kassel, Germany, joined the club of GM-EMD associates in Europe.
Henschel und Sohn designed their version of a twin Cab Mainline Diesel locomotive for the Egyptian and Ghana Railways.