Fairbanks Morse H-10-44 Diesel Engine

A favorite of many railfans, a Fairbanks Morse H-10-44 engine has a style of its own, and there is one in the collection of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota, and it is the topic of today's episode. This is a daily series of museum tours during the COVID19 shutdown at a time when you can't come to the museum, but the museum can come to you!
Learn more about the Lake Superior Railroad Museum at www.lsrm.org
See all of the daily videos at duluthtrains.com/videotours

[@paulne1514]

My first day as a switchman, my conductor stood a quarter on the engineer’s console, to show me how smooth the Fairbanks Morse loco’s were. When the mill was shutting down( they had 10), we tried to get the mill to donate them to museums. The mill cut them up, “to teach the union a lesson”! Loved them. Fantastic low end torque, with very little wheel slip.

[@southmilfreaks]

The Fairbanks Morse company is still around. They were sold to different companies over the years but are back to being a private company again now known as Fairbanks Morse Defense. Still making engines for the US Navy after all these years.

[@albertjones1386]

One minor correction to this wonderful video and that is the company started in "St." Johnsbury, Vermont.

[@rolandkiser7488]

I currently work at FM. We're still here.

[@mistgate]

You guys got a new-old-stock H-10-44 radiator on the shelf somewhere?

[@stephenhunter70]

Any chance they could built a new radiator, and surprise the museum by donating it!

[@Bri-rb5lq]

Nice locomotive❤

[@TweetsieRailroader]

Thanks for sharing another great video! Here in North Carolina, we also have a Fairbanks Morse Diesel, specifically Beaufort and Morehead #1860, which is actually operational at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. Beautiful little engine!

[@maddkraut03]

dozens of places to get this radiator fixed. no problem

[@Mercmad]

Or someone with a very big backyard has one.

[@jamesf791]

Another great video. My kudos to all who made this video. Thank you very much. Be safe and healthy please.

[@K-Effect]

You should find a mechanic from Pakistan, he would have that radiator fixed in a day

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Or he'd fabricate a new copy from scratch, in a couple days, mainly from straw & goat-dung. Amazing resourcefulness there- send a couple dimensioned pix.

[@TheSalinski]

Please bring this engine back to its MNS paint scheme. The Minneapolis Northfield and Southern, originally the Dan Patch Lines, named after a famous race horse in the early 20th century.

[@CoalChrome]

FM really still exists, and they still make these engines.

[@bcgrittner8076]

That cranky old guy down at the corner…? Wait a minute-that’s me!

[@andyharman3022]

A radiator is all that you need to make the FM run? There are a lot of specialty shops that can build custom radiators. How about if I come over some weekend and take some measurements and see if we can get started on a replacement radiator?

[@williamkrass6603]

The Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway also have FM’s, love the sound of them.

[@bradford9129]

Cool video- and I really dig the scene transitions. The H10-44s are so cool looking

[@cpufreak101]

I'd have no idea what to do for a replacement radiator for those. Given the size I'm pretty sure just a patch would be useless on it lol

[@ahnbra]

Why can your volunteers rebuild the radiator? Take it apart carefully and film it all say with a go pro in slow motion mode, with close ups or a 2nd camera. Take still photographs of the radiator as it comes apart? I think with all the rebuilding that your museum folks have done, if you took all of that know how and put it together they could figure out how to make that radiator work reliably again. Just encouraging every one @ the museum shop to put there heads together to fix or completely remake a radiator for this locomotive. I mean this as a form of encouragement and as a compliment. Just in case there was any doubt about my intentions. You can do if you put together all the know how of every one there!

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Canadian Pacific used FM units widely in southern British Columbia: indeed they constructed a special servicing facility in Nelson, BC. The Canadian models were built by the Canadian Locomotive Company of Kingston, Ontario, which I believe was owned by Faibanks Morse.

[@stanleybest8833]

Solder together a radiator from scratch. Brand new.

[@mathuetax]

When it is brought back to functionality will it remain in Hallet green, MN&S or MW? Although I lived in Golden Valley MN I don't recall ever seeing it but since the only time I saw the MN&S was when I was at grade school the railway might not have used it during those hours typically.

[@ChicagoMadisonWesternRR]

Is it possible that said spare part might be in static display in Milton or Brodhead, Wisconsin?

[@shakedydogshake]

That would be MN&S H12-44 #10, currently painted CNW colors, at Milton.

[@oceanmariner]

WWII subs had mostly GM engines.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Yup, specifically Cleveland (locomotive) diesels, NOT Detroits. Lots of 16V-248s, descendants of Winton 201. Estimated 70% of WW II subs were powered by Cleveland diesels.

[@bcgrittner8076]

@@jacquesblaque7728 I knew a WWII Navy submariner who served on a sub that had an F-M engine. He told me about its unique design. So, there were some subs out there so equipped.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

@@bcgrittner8076 Early on in WW II there were also some real odball sub-optimum engines, like the HOR, that were swapped out ASAP. Please note that I said 70% Clevelands.

[@joeygorillatag3841]

Can we get a better look on the interior?

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Well, you did it again. These videos aren't about the locomotives or the museum, they're about putting yourself on youtube.

[@tobyyoder8350]

Lol , he talks about the history of the equipment in the videos

[@Bri-rb5lq]

ThePlandemic is gone for now you. Need to update you talk

[@owenjones9659]

4:27 that voice crack tho 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brianburns7211]

Sub engines were split between FM and GM Cleveland Engine Division, a successor of Winton. Enough of the PSA about the plandemic.