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FM H-10-44
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Fairbanks-Morse· from 1944· model of American 1000hp diesel swicher
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Milw 760 at IRM: User:Slambo· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. B&O 9207 (H10-44) near Riverside Yard, Baltimore, MD on Janary 19, 1969 (22498586106): railfan 44· Public domain
- 3. New York Central FM H-10-44 9109 (50250248716): Craig Garver from Tucson, Arizona, United States· CC0
what is it?
The FM H-10-44 was a switcher locomotive produced by Fairbanks-Morse from August, 1944–March, 1950. The units featured a 1,000-horsepower (750 kW), six-cylinder opposed piston prime mover, and were configured in a B-B wheel arrangement mounted atop a pair of two-axle AAR Type A trucks, with all axles powered. Many H-10-44s received modifications that increased their horsepower rating to 1,200 hp (890 kW).
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 82 years ago, in 1944.
- 746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1944–1950
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 195
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Fairbanks-Morse
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 746 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 109 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5426714, Wikipedia: FM H-10-44 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.