FM H-10-44

Fairbanks-Morse
Industry	Locomotive manufacturing
Headquarters	United States
Products	FM H-10-44 switcher locomotive

The FM H-10-44 was a switcher locomotive manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse between August 1944 and March 1950. It was equipped with a , six-cylinder opposed piston engine and utilized a B-B configuration, featuring two two-axle AAR type A switcher trucks with all axles powered. Numerous units underwent subsequent upgrades to .

Conceived by designer Raymond Loewy, the locomotive's carbody showcased a sloped nose, angled hood contours, and a unique rear cab roof visor. These styling features were carried forward into its successor, the FM H-12-44, until a budget-conscious "Spartanized" redesign was introduced in September 1952.

A total of 195 units were supplied to various American railroads. Three complete examples remain preserved in railroad museums: notably, Milwaukee Road #760—the first FM locomotive constructed at Fairbanks-Morse’s own facility—is operational at the Illinois Railway Museum. Another preserved unit is the former Hallet Dock Company HD-11, housed at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

In 1954, Milwaukee Road H-10-44 #1811 (later renumbered #781) along with caboose #01900 were involved in an accident near Monticello, Wisconsin, when they collided with a burned wooden rail bridge. Both pieces have since been restored and are exhibited at the Brodhead Historical Society in Wisconsin.

A replica of the H-10-44 is displayed atop the Wood Family Fishing Bridge spanning the Rock River, close to the Beloit, Wisconsin foundry where these locomotives were originally produced.

Units produced

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Apache Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	Template:Center	Template:Center	Later renumbered 9700–9709
Chehalis Western Railroad (Weyerhaeuser)	Template:Center	Template:Center
Chicago and North Western Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway (“Monon”)	Template:Center	Template:Center
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (“Milwaukee Road”)	Template:Center	Template:Center	Renumbered to 760–776 and 778–783; units 760 (ex-1802), 767 (ex-1809), and 781 (ex-1823) preserved in museums
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (“Omaha Road”)	Template:Center	Template:Center
Columbia and Cowlitz Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center	Later transferred to Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	Template:Center	Template:Center	Unit 122 later became Frisco 286
Fairbanks-Morse (demonstrator unit)	Template:Center	Template:Center	Transferred to Milwaukee Road as number 1819; renumbered 777
Indianapolis Union Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad	Template:Center	Template:Center
Minnesota Western Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center	Subsequently transferred to Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway as number 11, then to Hallet Dock Company HD-11
New York Central Railroad	Template:Center	Template:Center	Later transferred to Penn Central as numbers 8204–8210
New York Central (Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad)	Template:Center	Template:Center
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”)	Template:Center	Template:Center	Transferred to Norfolk and Western Railway as numbers 2125–2133
Pennsylvania Railroad	Template:Center	Template:Center	Later transferred to Penn Central numbered 8211-8265
Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway	Template:Center	Template:Center
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis	Template:Center	Template:Center
Union Pacific Railroad	Template:Center	Template:Center
Wabash Railroad	Template:Center	Template:Center	Transferred to Norfolk and Western as numbers 3380–3383
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company	Template:Center	Template:Center

! Total !! 195 !! !!

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