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Owner:
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Model:
FM H-12-44TS
Built As:
ATSF 541 (H-12-44TS)
Serial Number:
12L1021
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
5/1956
Notes:
ret 6/1/72, to Allison Steel
Other locos with this serial:
ATSF 541(H-12-44TS)
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Title:
AT&SF H12-44TS 541
Description:
AT&SF H12-44TS 541 at Corwith Yard Shops in Chicago, Illinois on April 11, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. I stuck my head inside the shops and snapped this photo before getting caught. By process of elimination, I determined this MIGHT be 541. Obviously it is being repainted, and looking at repaint dates at https://old.atsfrr.org/resources/CrossetGene/ATSF_all-time%20diesel%20roster/pwr0500.htm number 541 fits the bill (rpnt to BYT2 paint bef 20May65). Number 541 was built by F-M in Beloit, Wisconsin during May 1956 (c/n 12L1021), retired June 1, 1972. It was one of only three such models built, AT&SF road numbers 541-543. Quoting from the book, Fairbanks-Morse Locomotives In Color, by Jim Boyd: "Shuffling passenger consists between Chicago's Dearborn Station and its 21st Street Coach Yard was a problem for the Santa Fe because the trains had to be supplied with steam heat during the moves. To solve the problem, in May 1956 Santa Fe had F-M build three unique boiler-equipped switchers (541-543). These H12-44TS units were essentially H12-44's placed on elongated underframes with the steam generator placed in a short hood behind the cab. Riding on switcher trucks, in spite of appearances, these units were not road switchers." One example, 543, exists today, I believe, at the Illinois Railway Museum, having previously been in the collection of the California State Railroad Museum..
Photo Date:
4/11/1965
Upload Date:
6/8/2010 11:47:32 AM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Chuck Zeiler
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
ATSF 541(H-12-44TS)
Views:
1165
Comments:
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Title:
ATSF 541 Working Dearborn Station
Description:
Photo Date:
3/13/1966
Upload Date:
1/12/2010 6:37:15 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Tom Golden
Categories:
Locomotives:
ATSF 541(H-12-44TS)
Views:
1940
Comments:
0
Title:
ATSF 541
Description:
Upon retirement, this loco was sold to Allison Steel in June 1972
Photo Date:
8/17/1970
Upload Date:
8/4/2024 9:09:23 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
Author:
Unknown
Categories:
Locomotives:
ATSF 541(H-12-44TS)
Views:
65
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