Fairbanks-Morse

H12-44 & H12-44TS

Roster

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Info from: John Komanesky Jim Jeffery photo at Yankeetown, IN on 4 October 1974. (Ralph Back collection)
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FM H12-44
Original owner Road Numbers Qty. Bldr Numbers Bldr Dates
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 503 - 506 4 12L388-12L391 9-10/50
507 - 516 10 12L438-12L447 10-11/51
517 - 530 14 12L599-12L612 7-9/52
531 - 540 10 12L747-12L756 4/53
544 - 558 15 12L1006-12L1020 12/55-4/56
559 - 564 6 12L1094-12L1099 3/4/57
Ayrshire Collieries 1 1 12L1100 4/57
Baltimore & Ohio 196, 197 2 12L774, 12L775 9/53
310 - 319 10 12L392-12L401 2/51
9722 - 9726 5 12L1089-12L1093 4/57
Central of Georgia 315 - 318 4 12L726-12L729 3/53
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific 1826, 1827 2 12L374, 12L375 5/50
1828 - 1832 5 12L428-12L432 3/51
1833 - 1837 5 12L448-12L452 10-11/51
1838 - 1847 10 12L520-12L529 11/51
2300 - 2309 10 12L561-12570 3-4/52
2310 - 2314 5 12L823-12L827 2/54
2315 - 2325 11 12L949-12L959 1-2/55
Chicago & Northwestern 1071, 1072 2 12L376, 12L377 5/50
1110 - 1113 4 12L709-12L712 12/52
1114 - 1116 3 12L768-12L770 8/53
Columbia & Cowlitz D-2 1 12L1025 5/56
Indianapolis Union 19 - 21 3 12L650-12652 10/52
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal 60 - 64 5 12L402-12L406 3-4/51
65, 66 2 12L719, 12L720 3/53
Minnesota Western 10 1 12L427 1/51
New York Central 9111 - 9120 10 12L378-12L387 11/50-1/51
9121 - 9137 17 12L613-12L629 5-6/52
Nickel Plate Road 134 - 138 5 12L721-12L725 3/53
139 - 145 7 12L1082-12L1088 3/57
146 - 155 10 12L1101-12L1110 3-4/58
Pennsylvania 8708 - 8710 3 12L828-12L830 2/54
8711 - 8723 13 12L637-12L649 11/52
Sandersville RR 100 1 12L777 8/53
St. Louis-San Francisco 282 - 285 4 12L433-12L436 6/51
Soo 315 1 12L636 6/52
316 - 319 4 12L965-12L968 12/54
Southern Pacific 1486 - 1491 6 12L653-12L658 9-10/52
1529 - 1535 7 12L760-12L766 5/53
1536 - 1538 3 12L771-12L773 8/53
1568 - 1571 4 12L833-12L836 1/56
1572 - 1576 5 12L976-12L980 1-2/56
1577 - 1596 20 12L1062-12L1081 10/56-2/57
Tennessee Valley Authority 22 1 12L778 11 /54
U.S. Army 1843 - 1862 20 12L667-12L686 1-2/53
U.S. Steel - Fairless Works GE9 - GE16 8 12L571-12L578 11/51-2/52
Wabash 384 - 386 3 12L744-12L746 3/53
White River Terminal(Weyerhauser Timber Co.) 1 1 12L437 8/51
Yankeetown Dock 1, 2 2 12L776, 12L1024 8/53, 5/56
MEXICO
Chihuahua Pacifico 70 1 12L1111 3/61
Spotting Features:
  • No roof overhang at end of cab (except early H12s)
  • Shorter and squared car-body
  • No slanted nose
  • Louvered battery box in front of cab (1953 forward)
  • Yard trucks
FM H12-44TS
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 541 - 543 3 12L1021-12L1023 5/56
Spotting Features:
  • Resembles H15 & H16
  • Two-section radiator shutters (same H10s & H12s)
  • Yard-type trucks
  • Louvered battery box

Technical Data

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Data Sheet Information Compiled by: JEAN-DENIS BACHAND
Reformatted: 26 October 2020  Drawing by: Jean-Denis Bachand
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Engine Builder: Fairbanks Morse Engine: 2-cycle 38D8 1/8 (6 cylinder OP)
Bore & Stroke 8" X 10"
RPM (Maximum / Minimum) 800 / 350
Main Generator: Westinghouse - WE481G Horsepower: 1200
Gear Ratio: 68:13 Speed: 60 mph
Trucks: 4-Wheel Configuration: B-B
Weight: 246,000 lbs Traction Motors: Westinghouse - WE362B(four)
Tractive Effort (starting) 61,000 lbs @ 30% Tractive Effort (continuous): 34,000 lbs @ 8.9 mph
Multiple Unit Capability: No Dynamic Braking: No
Auxilary Generator: Westinghouse YG64A Alternator: --
Air Brake: Westinghouse Model: 6SL
Compressor: Westinghouse Model: 3C2C
Quantity Built: 338 Dates: 9/1950 to 3/1961
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Total Length 49'-02"
Wheel Diameter 40"
Truck Wheel Base 8'-00"
Height to Top Engine Hood 14'-06"
Height to Cab Roof 14'-00"
Cab Width 10'-04"
Engine Hood Width 10'-00"
Center Bolster 25'-06"
Distance between Truck Centers 33'-06"
Minimum Turning Radious 29 degrees
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Fuel Oil: 750 Lubricating Oil: 140
Engine Cooling Water: 100 Sand Capacity: 28 cu. ft.
Options: Vapor Clarkson Boiler (800 lbs/hr)
Reference Sources:
  • Diesel Locomtoives, Vol.2, by Bob Hayden
  • Diesel Locomotives, The First 50 Years by Louis A. Mare
  • "Early Diesel and Electric Locomotives," Rail Heritage Publications
  • Diesel & Electric Locomotive Specificiations, 1981 by F.K. Hudson
  • Train Shed Cyclopedia, Vol. 20, 58, 60, 64, 80

Correction from Steve Meredith

New 4 November 2004

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