FM H-10-44


The FM H-10-44 was a yard switcher produced by Fairbanks-Morse from August, 1944-March, 1950. The units featured a, six-cylinder opposed piston engine prime mover, and were configured in a B-B wheel arrangement mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type A switcher bogie trucks, with all axles powered. Many H-10-44s received modifications that increased their horsepower rating to.
The Raymond Loewy-designed carbody featured a slanted nose, sloping hood lines, and a protruding roof visor mounted on the rear of the cab. These styling cues were carried through to the H-10-44's successor, the FM H-12-44, until September 1952 when the exterior design was "Spartanized" to reduce production costs.
A total of 195 units were built for American railroads. Three intact examples of the H-10-44 are known to survive today, all of which are owned by railroad museums. Most notable of these is Milwaukee Road #760, the first Fairbanks-Morse locomotive constructed in their own plant, which is preserved and operational at the Illinois Railway Museum.
Another example is former Hallet Dock Company HD-11, which is now at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
A reproduction H-10-44 locomotive sits atop the Wood Family Fishing Bridge, a former railroad bridge which crosses the Rock River several hundred yards south of the foundry where the H-10-44s were built, in Beloit, Wisconsin.

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