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H15-44 & H16-44 Locos
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from the Atlas Model Railroad Company, www.atlasrr.com
(Pre-production model shown)
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DCC Ready + DCC Equipped Versions Available
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In
the late 1940s, the design team at Fairbanks-Morse
(FM) set out to develop an 8-cylinder 1,500-horsepower
all-purpose road switcher using their opposed-piston
diesel engine design. By September 1947 FM had
produced the first H15-44 locomotive in the form
of Demonstrator “FM 1500”. The hood-unit
style body included distinctive features such
as slightly sloped ends, rounded corners, oval
cab-side windows and a raised, rounded headlight
base on each end.
The first purchaser of the H15-44 was Monon, who
quickly bought both the demonstrator and the second
unit built in December 1947. Three units were then
built for Rio Grande before additional demonstrators
were produced later in 1948. Before production
ended in mid-1949, a total of 35 units had been
built, with Jersey Central owning the most units
(14 total).
By 1950 other builders had increased the horsepower
of their competing road switchers, and FM responded
with the 8-cylinder 1,600-horsepower H16-44 model.
The earliest units were externally very similar
to the previous H15-44. MKT 1591 was initially
ordered as an H15-44, but was upgraded to 1,600hp
during production.
The
first true production H16-44s were ordered by
Jersey Central. Several large railroads purchased
this model, including Santa Fe, New York Central,
Southern and Pennsylvania. A total of 99 units
would be produced before production of the “phase
I” version ended in December 1952. FM continued
to produce H16-44s with phase II and III body styles
through 1963.
Our
model represents the “phase I” body
style of both the H15-44 and H16-44 that was produced
between 1947 and 1952. Options include FM or AAR
truck side frames, high or low-mounted headlights,
early or late-production phase 1 hoods and a removable
fuel tank skirt.
. Check
out these great features
Features
Include:
-NEW Bi-directional operating red
and green
LED marker lamps
-Directional classification lights.
-Lights/Markers work in both DCC and analog
modes
-Painted safety rails
-Blackened metal wheels
-Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle
couplers
-Improved slower speed motor for closer to
scale speeds!
-NEW! White LED's
-Two versions: Decoder-equipped (Lenz) or
non-decoder equipped |
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