FM H-12-44TS

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FM H-12-44TS
Specifications
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Fairbanks-Morse
Serial number	12L1021–12L1023
Model	H-12-44TS
Build date	May 1956
Total produced	3
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover	FM 38D-6
Engine type	Two-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Roots blower
Displacement	6,222 cu in (101.96 L)
Cylinders	6 (Opposed piston)
Cylinder size	8.125 in × 10 in (206 mm × 254 mm)
Transmission	DC generator, DC traction motors
Top speed	60 mph (97 km/h))
Power output	1,200 hp (895 kW)
Locomotive brake	Straight air
Train brakes	Air
Career
Railroad(s)	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Number	541–543
Locale	North America
Retired	1972–1974
Disposition	One preserved, two scrapped

The FM H-12-44TS was a light road switcher version of the Fairbanks-Morse H-12-44 yard switcher. Only three of the 1,200-horsepower (890 kW), six-cylinder opposed piston engine locomotives (builder numbers 12L1021–12L1023) were manufactured especially for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in May, 1956. The units had an extended frame to accommodate the addition of a short hood behind the cab, and were configured in a B-B wheel arrangement and mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type-A switcher trucks with all axles powered. H-12-44TSs also came equipped with steam generator units as they were acquired solely for shuttling passenger cars in and around the Dearborn Station terminal in Chicago, Illinois.

The locomotives (#541–#543) were delivered in the road's Zebra Stripe paint scheme, though all three would finish out their days on the Santa Fe dressed in the switcher version of the blue and yellow Billboard livery. Coinciding with the end of Santa Fe passenger train service in Chicago, #541 was retired on June 1, 1972 and sold to the Allison Steel Manufacturing Company in October of that year; #542 and #543 were both retired on May 7, 1974, though #543 (the only example to have evaded the scrap yard) was subsequently preserved in Albuquerque, New Mexico and donated to the California State Railroad Museum in March 1986. It has since been moved to the Illinois Railway Museum.^[1]

References

"ATSF All-Time Diesel Roster, Road Numbers 500–599". Gene Crossett, Jr. Retrieved December 30, 2005.
"Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 Diesel Engine". PSRM Diesel Locomotives. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
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.

↑ http://www2.irm.org/blogs/index.php?/archives/482-ATSF-543-gets-unloaded.html

External links

v t e Diesel locomotives built by Fairbanks-Morse

Switchers	H-10-44 H-12-44 H-12-44TS

4 axle road switchers	H-15-44 H-16-44 H-20-44

6 axle road switchers	H-12-46 H-16-66 H-24-66

Consolidation Line	CFA-16-4 CFA-20-4 CFA-24-5 CPA-16-4 CPA-16-5 CPA-20-5 CPA-24-5

Other Cab units	Erie-built OP800 P-12-42

(See also: List of Fairbanks-Morse locomotives)

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Baldwin	VO-660 DS-4-4-660 DS-4-4-750 S-8 RS-4-TC VO-1000 DS-4-4-1000 S-12

Fairbanks-Morse	H-10-44 H-12-44 H-12-44TS H-12-46

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Lima-Hamilton	LS-750 LS-800 LS-1000 LS-1200

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