Digital Rail Artist
Chihuahua al Pacfico FM H12-44 301
Chihuahua al Pacfico FM H12-44 301 at Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, Septermber 5, 1973. Photographer: Peter Arnold. Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide owned by Digital Rail Artist.
When FM ceased production, CHP begged them to reopen for one last order.
Negotiations continued, and a steady trickle of H16-44s, both freight and passenger, and this lone H12-44.
Bosque de Chihuahua was able to get a final H16-44, their 1000, added to the CHP order.
This is the only FM switcher to ever polish a rail in Mexico. It is different than an H12-44 in having roller bearing trucks and twin sealed beam headlights.
Chihuahua al Pacfico FM H12-44 301
Chihuahua al Pacfico FM H12-44 301 at Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, Septermber 5, 1973. Photographer: Peter Arnold. Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide owned by Digital Rail Artist.
When FM ceased production, CHP begged them to reopen for one last order.
Negotiations continued, and a steady trickle of H16-44s, both freight and passenger, and this lone H12-44.
Bosque de Chihuahua was able to get a final H16-44, their 1000, added to the CHP order.
This is the only FM switcher to ever polish a rail in Mexico. It is different than an H12-44 in having roller bearing trucks and twin sealed beam headlights.