FM H-12-44TS

Infobox Locomotive
name=FM H-12-44TS
powertype=Diesel-electric
gauge=RailGauge|ussg|lk=on


caption=Santa Fe #543, an FM H-12-44TS road switcher, is seen in its preserved state shortly after its arrival at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento in November of 1986.
builder=Fairbanks-Morse
serialnumber = 12L1021–12L1023
aarwheels=B-B
cylindercount=6 (Opposed piston)
primemover=FM 38D-6
builddate=May 1956
totalproduction=3
locale=North America
poweroutput=convert|1200|hp|kW|0|abbr=on|lk=on
topspeed=convert|60|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on|lk=on)
weight=
tractiveeffort=
length=
enginetype=Two-stroke diesel
aspiration=Roots blower
cylindersize=convert|8.125|x|10|in|mm|0|abbr=on
displacement=convert|3108|cuin|L|abbr=on|lk=on
transmission=DC generator,
DC traction motors
locobrakes=Straight air
trainbrakes=Air
buildmodel=H-12-44TS
railroad=Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
roadnumbers = 541–543
retiredate=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 convert|1200|hp|sing=on, 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.

References

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ee also

* List of Fairbanks-Morse locomotives

External links

* [http://www.jerryapp.com/arcv1/ja-r032.jpgA photo of Santa Fe #542 switching a streamlined baggage car at Chicago, Illinois in August, 1965]
* [http://atsf.railfan.net/atsfpres/atsf543.jpgA photo of preserved Santa Fe #543 in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 29, 1986]
* [http://www.thedieselshop.us/FM_H1244.HTML Fairbanks-Morse H12-44, H12-44TS & H12-46 Roster]