FM H-10-44
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The FM H-10-44 was a yard switcher produced by Fairbanks-Morse from August, 1944–March, 1950. The units featured a 1,000-horsepower (750 kW), six-cylinder opposed piston engine prime mover, and were configured in a B-B wheel arrangement mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type-A switcher trucks, with all axles powered. Many H-10-44s received modifications that increased their horsepower rating to 1,200 hp (890 kW).
The Raymond Loewy-designed carbody featured a slanted nose, sloping hood lines, and (considered to be its most distinguishing feature) a protruding roof visor mounted on the rear of the cab. These styling cues were carried through to the H-10-44's successor, the FM H-12-44, until September 1952 when the exterior design was "Spartanized" to reduce production costs.
A total of 195 units were built for American railroads. Three intact examples of the H-10-44 are known to survive today, all of which are owned by railroad museums. Most notable of these is Milwaukee Road #760 (originally delivered as #1802), the first Fairbanks–Morse locomotive constructed in their own plant, which is preserved and on display at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Another example is former Hallet Dock Company HD-11, which is now at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
A reproduction H-10-44 locomotive sits atop the Beloit Fishing Bridge, a former railroad bridge which crosses the Rock River several hundred yards south of the foundry where the H-10-44s were built, in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Units produced
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Railway | | ||
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | | | |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | | | Renumbered 9700–9709 |
| Chehalis Western Railroad (Weyerhaeuser) | | | |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | | | |
| Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway (“Monon”) | | | |
| Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road’) | | | Renumbered 760–776, 778–783; 760 (ex-1802), 767 (ex-1809) and 781 (ex-1823) are preserved in museums |
| Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (“Omaha Road”) | | | |
| Columbia and Cowlitz Railway | | | to Pacific Great Eastern Railway |
| Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | | | 122 to Frisco 286 |
| Fairbanks-Morse (demonstrator unit) | | | to Milwaukee Road 1819; renumbered 777 |
| Indianapolis Union Railway | | | |
| Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad | | | |
| Minnesota Western Railway | | | to Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway 11, to Hallet Dock Company HD-11 |
| New York Central Railroad | | | to Penn Central 8204–8210 |
| New York Central (Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad) | | | |
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) | | | to Norfolk and Western Railway 2125–2133 |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | | | to Penn Central |
| Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway | | | |
| St. Louis-San Francisco Railway | | | |
| Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | | | |
| Union Pacific Railroad | | | |
| Wabash Railroad | | | to Norfolk and Western 3380–3383 |
| Weyerhaeuser Timber Company | | | |
| Total | 195 | ||
References
- "Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 Diesel Engine". PSRM Diesel Locomotives. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
- Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). Chicago and North Western Power. Superior Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-87564-715-4.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
- Kirkland, John F. (November 1985). The Diesel Builders Volume 1: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-69-6.