Fairbanks Morse FM H12-44 120 ton switcher DLA 53205

Defense Depot Ogden had it's own railroad equipment that was used at the Depot. The equipment was owned by the Defense Logistics Agency. After DDO was given to the city of Ogden, the city removed the Shop & the South yard. In side the Shop was two DLA Locomotives, a small Plymouth switcher, DLA 85315, and the greatest find was the Fairbanks Morse FM H12-44 120 ton switcher DLA 53205 believed to have been gone from here long ago. The south shop were the locos had been stored was cleared out shortly before it was knocked down by Ogden City. The FM Loco was moved out of the engine house under its own power after being in storage from some time in the 50s. It is now used by the Utah Central Railway {UCRY} to switch cars from the UP siding to the many warehouses at BDO.

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[EMDSD14R]

i must correct myself 2 6 axle FM's survive..one a H16-66 CPR 7009 and CPR 8905 a H-24-66.i just read about both units...its good tht both versions are preserved..the H16-66 operates on excurstion trains with a CPR FM C-liner

[GP9railfan]

God I love that sound. Those old FM locos are beasts! They can usually pull around 90-100 cars like a joke.

[rocketdude1979]

The Army then the Defense Logistics Agency. I saw in Running in June of 2009 and it was missing quite a few of it's radiator Cores..

[amtk415w]

Wow, how often do you see an FM with snow plows on it these days?

[hoffyrox]

I have seen a few Fairbanks Morse MEP 10 cylinders. We have some running compressors in a natural gas field. They are impressive. Massive. They are 2 stroke, 20 pistons, 10 cylinders, 2 cranks, 2850 HP, turbocharged and blown.

[alot1mikej]

anybody out there have any idea which railroad originally owned this engine?

[seth4404]

The new US Navy San Antonio class ship uses 4 of them as their primary means of propulsion.

[grumpyoldsoandso]

Thank-you for the video, and for the fascinating story behind it.

[tpvalley]

They do, there is a website.

Evidently there was a turbo charged version of the 12 cylinder making 3600bhp!

They may even make the engines still, maybe under the nordberg name, not sure.

[TrainmasterCurt]

I think they still make parts for Fairbanks Morse engines