Fairbanks Morse Defense
UP YJA65 runs light engine across Park Avenue in Beloit, Wisconsin to pick up a marine engine from Fairbanks Morse Defense, a direct descendant of the once-mighty Fairbanks Morse.
Starting in 1944, Fairbanks Morse built a long line of H-series locomotives here in Beloit to compete with EMD and ALCO during the early days of dieselization. Their locomotives used an opposed piston engine that saw great success with Navy submarines during World War II but lackluster performance in the railroad industry.
FM left the locomotive business in 1963, and its engine division was split off. After several reorganizations and ownership changes, the company is now known as Fairbanks Morse Defense. Today, FMDefense continues to produce the original line of FM opposed piston engines and even the ALCO 251 which it has been producing under contract since the 1990s.
Fairbanks Morse Defense
UP YJA65 runs light engine across Park Avenue in Beloit, Wisconsin to pick up a marine engine from Fairbanks Morse Defense, a direct descendant of the once-mighty Fairbanks Morse.
Starting in 1944, Fairbanks Morse built a long line of H-series locomotives here in Beloit to compete with EMD and ALCO during the early days of dieselization. Their locomotives used an opposed piston engine that saw great success with Navy submarines during World War II but lackluster performance in the railroad industry.
FM left the locomotive business in 1963, and its engine division was split off. After several reorganizations and ownership changes, the company is now known as Fairbanks Morse Defense. Today, FMDefense continues to produce the original line of FM opposed piston engines and even the ALCO 251 which it has been producing under contract since the 1990s.