H-10-44 In Ho Captures The Looks And Sounds Of A Long-serving F-m Switcher

摘要

A semi-streamlined carbody developed by famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy made the Fairbanks-Morse H-10-44 a distinctive entry into the diesel switcher market. Many H-10-44s had careers that spanned 40 years. The new Proto 2000 from Walthers HO scale H-10-44 is available in a version that includes a dual-mode Digital Command Control sound decoder that operates on DC or DCC layouts. The prototype. As the end of World War II approached, Fairbanks-Morse debuted a new 1,000-hp switcher for the Milwaukee Road in 1944: the H-10-44. (H stood for hood unit, 10 for 1,000-hp, and 44 for its B-B wheel arrangement.) Railfans and modelers refer to the detail differences that occurred during production of the H-10-44 as phases. A description of all the H-10-44 phases is given in the July/ August 1993 issue of Diesel Era.