FM H-16-44

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FM H-16-44
Opposed piston)
Cylinder size	8.125 in × 10 in (206 mm × 254 mm)
Transmission	DC generator, DC traction motors
Loco brake	Straight air
Train brakes	Air

Performance figures
Maximum speed	65 mph (105 km/h)
Power output	1,600 hp (1.19 MW)
Tractive effort	42,125 lbf (187.4 kN)

Career
Locale	North America

The FM H-16-44 was a

As with many of their F–M contemporaries, the H-16-44s produced through 1954 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 1955, turned out units that most closely resembled the Fairbanks–Morse "Train Master" series.

209 were built for

shops in Mexico, and ex-CHP 525 on display at Nuevo Casas Grandes in Chihuahua, Mexico. The shell of CHP 524 is on display as part of a memorial at Temoris, Mexico. Former Canadian Pacific 8554, that had been set aside for preservation by CP in the 1970's and was last the property of a Canadian railroad historical society, was scrapped in December 2023 after issues getting it transported off the property it was stored at.

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
Bosques 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, all re-engined by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in 1960 with I8 608A
New York Central Railroad	13	7000–7012 to Penn Central 5100-5112
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad	25	560–569, 1600–1614, 1600s to Penn Central 5160-5174
Pennsylvania Railroad	10	8807–8816 to Penn Central 5150-5159
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad	4	90–93
Southern Railway	10	2146–2155
Union Pacific	3	DS1340–DS1342
Virginian Railway	40	10–49

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

References

• "Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 Diesel Engine". PSRM Diesel Locomotives. Archived from the original on May 26, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2006.
• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
  ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7
  .
• Kirkland, John F. (November 1985). The Diesel Builders Volume 1: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton. Interurban Press.
  ISBN 0-916374-69-6
  .

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
  .

External links

• Fairbanks-Morse H16-44 Roster
• Preserved Fairbanks Morse Four-Axle Road Switchers
• Canadian Pacific Railway CLC Locomotives