FM H-16-44

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**FM H-16-44**
Power type	Diesel-electric
Canadian Pacific Railroad #8555, an FM H-16-44 road switcher, passes through Calgary, Alberta in April, 1975. The unit's simplified carbody, rectangular cab side windows, and "C-liner" trucks identifies it as having been built sometime after March of 1955.
Builder	Fairbanks-Morse
Model	H-16-44
Build date	April 1950 — February 1963
Total production	299
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Length	51 ft 0 in (15.55 m)
Total weight	250,000 lb (113,000 kg)
Prime mover	FM 38D-8
Engine type	2-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Roots blower
Displacement	4,144 in³ (67.9 L)
Cylinders	8 (Opposed piston)
Cylinder size	8.125 in × 10 in (206 mm × 254 mm)
Transmission	DC generator, DC traction motors
Top speed	65 mph (105 km/h)
Power output	1,600 hp (1,194 kW)
Tractive effort	42,125 lbf (187 kN)
Locomotive brakes	Straight air
Train brakes	Air
Locale	North America

The FM H-16-44 was a road switcher produced by Fairbanks-Morse from April, 1950–February, 1963. The locomotive shared an identical platform and carbody with the predecessor Model FM H-15-44 (and the FM H-20-44 end cab road switcher as well), and were equipped with the same basic H-15-44 prime mover, an eight-cylinder opposed piston engine that had been rerated to 1,600 horsepower. The H-16-44 was configured in a B-B wheel arrangement, mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type-B road trucks with all axles powered. In late 1950, the Baldwin trucks were almost exclusively replaced with the same units found on the company's "C-liner" locomotives.^[1]

As with many of their F–M contemporaries, the H-16-44s produced through 1954 (ATSF #3010 and CNJR #1517, for example) featured numerous Raymond Loewy design touches, in this case largely manifested in the form of sloping body lines and a noticeable protrusion in the long hood around the radiator shutters. Cab side window units include inoperable "half moon"-shaped panes, resulting in an oblong-shaped assembly. To reduce manufacturing costs, the curved window panes were eliminated from later models, and from 1953 onward the raised, elongated headlight mounting was omitted. Units built in the "Spartanized" fashion can be spotted by their straight ends, coupled with the lack of superfluous trim. Ventilation slots were added at the battery box to reduce the possibility of explosions. The final production phase, which commenced in March of 1955, turned out units that most closely resembled the Fairbanks–Morse "Train Master" series.

209 were built for American railroads, 58 were manufactured from March, 1955–June, 1957 by the Canadian Locomotive Company for use in Canada, and 32 units were exported to Mexico. Only three intact examples of the H-16-44 are known to survive today; one is the property of a Canadian railroad historical society, while the others are owned by Chihuahua al Pacífico and displayed in front of two of their depots in Mexico (at least one has also been put to use by the motion picture industry, and was seen dressed out as "SCOP #101" in the town of Nuevo Casa Grande in May, 1988).

1 Units produced by Fairbanks-Morse (1950–1963)
2 Units produced by the Canadian Locomotive Company (1955–1957)
3 Notes
4 References
5 Further reading
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Units produced by Fairbanks-Morse (1950–1963)

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad	8	201–208
Alabama Great Southern Railroad	6	6545–6550
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	20	2800–2819
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	10	906, 907, 925–927, 6705–6709
Bosque de Chihuahua	2	501, 1000
Central Railroad of New Jersey	4	1514–1517
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	37	2450–2516
Chihuahua al Pacífico	30	501–525, 600–605
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad	6	930–935
Long Island Rail Road	8	1501–1509
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	5	1591, 1731–1734
New York Central Railroad	13	7000–7012
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	25	560–569, 1600–1619
Pennsylvania Railroad	10	8807–8816
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad	4	90–93
Southern Railway	10	2146–2155
Union Pacific	3	DS1340–DS1342
Virginian Railway	40	10–49

[edit] Units produced by the Canadian Locomotive Company (1955–1957)

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
Canadian National Railway	18	1841–1858
Canadian Pacific Railway	40	8547–8556, 8601–8610, 8709–8728

[edit] Notes

^ Pinkepank, p. FM-333/FM-334

[edit] References

Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 Diesel Engine. PSRM Diesel Locomotives. Retrieved on January 1, 2006.
Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.

[edit] Further reading

Sweetland, David R. (2004). H15-44 and H16-44: Fairbank-Morse's Distinctive Road Switchers. Withers Publishing, Halifax, PA. ISBN 1-881411-41-9.

[edit] See also

List of Fairbanks-Morse locomotives

[edit] External links

Diesel locomotives built by Fairbanks-Morse
Cab units	Erie-built, OP800, P-12-42
C-liners	CFA-16-4, CFA-20-4, CFA-24-5, CPA-16-4, CPA-16-5, CPA-20-5, CPA-24-5
Switchers	H-10-44, H-12-44, H-12-44TS, H-15-44, H-16-44, H-20-44
Train Masters	H-16-66, H-24-66

Diesel locomotives built by the Canadian Locomotive Company
Baldwin designs	DRS-4-4-10
Fairbanks-Morse designs	H-12-44, H-12-46, H-16-44, H-24-66, CFA-16-4, CFB-16-4, CPA-16-4, CPB-16-4, CPA-16-5, CPB-16-5