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FM H-12-46
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Fairbanks-Morse· from 1951· model of Canadian 1200hp diesel locomotive
what is it?
The FM H-12-46 was a light road switcher of Fairbanks-Morse design manufactured exclusively by the Canadian Locomotive Company from October, 1951–January, 1953 for the Canadian National Railway. Only thirty of the 1,200 hp, six-cylinder opposed piston engine locomotives were produced. The units (assigned #7600–#7629) were configured in an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement, mounted atop a pair of three-axle trucks.
who runs it
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1953
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Fairbanks-Morse, Canadian Locomotive Company
- operators
- Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- A1A-A1A
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5426719, Wikipedia: FM H-12-46 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.