ATSF H12-44TS 541 class
	master power roster with specifications and references

specifications

power:  1,200 hp1,x117 weight:  246,000 lbsde245,x117 tractive effort:  61,600 lbsx117 operation:  short-hood forward101   engine:  FM 38B8-1/8, 6 cyl opposed-piston101,x117 fuel capacity:  1,200 gals101,de245 gear ratio:  68:14101,x117 trucks:  Type-A switcher trucks   generator:  FM / Westinghouse DGZJ101,x117 traction motors:  FM DRZH101,x117 dynamic brakes:  none

roster

541 class
road number	model	builder info	history	disposition
541:1	H12-44TS	builder:  FM1,7,x117 date:  May567,x117 serial no.:  frame no.:  12L10217,x117 order no.:	numbered:   541:1      • delivered:   date      • assignments:         at delivery:  Chicago, Dearborn           Station101,de245         1971 AMTK lease:  Chicago, 21st St coach           yards to Union Stationde245     • paint:  BSAWZ101,de245p     •: steam generator:1         boiler:  1,200 gal101,de245         generator:  Vapor-Clarkson OK-4070, 4,740           lbs per hr101,de245   repainted:   541:1 de245p,x117p before 20May65     • paint:  BYT2, lease:  to AMTK 1971de245 lease:  from AMTK 1972de245	retired:  1Jun72x117 sold:  to Allison Steel Mfg Code245     6Oct72101
542:1	H12-44TS	builder:  FM1,7,x117 date:  May567,x117 serial no.:  frame no.:  12L10227,x117 order no.:	numbered:   542:1      • delivered:   date      • assignments:         at delivery:  Chicago, Dearborn           Station101,de245         1971 AMTK lease:  Chicago, 21st St coach           yards to Union Stationde245     • paint:  BSAWZ50p,101,de245p,x117p     •: steam generator:1         boiler:  1,200 gal101,de245         generator:  Vapor-Clarkson OK-4070, 4,740           lbs per hr101,de245   repainted:   542:1 50p,de245p before     11Jun72de245     • paint:  BYT2 lease:  to AMTK late71101,de245     • extended all-weather windows:  engineer's         side101 lease:  from AMTK mid74101,de245	retired:  7May74101,x117 / May741   scrapped:  de245
543:1	H12-44TS	builder:  FM1,7,x117 date:  May567,x117 serial no.:  frame no.:  12L10237,x117 order no.:	numbered:   543:1      • delivered:   date      • assignments:         at delivery:  Chicago, Dearborn           Station101,de245         1971 AMTK lease:  Chicago, 21st St coach           yards to Union Stationde245     • paint:  BSAWZ50p,101,de245p     •: steam generator:1         boiler:  1,200 gal101,de245         generator:  Vapor-Clarkson OK-4070, 4,740           lbs per hr101,de245   repainted:   543:1 1p,44p,50p,de245p before     15Apr67de245     • paint:  BYT2 lease:  to AMTK late71101,de245     • extended all-weather windows:  engineer's         side101,de245p lease:  from AMTK mid74101,de245	retired:  7May74101,x117 / May741   lupd:  Albuquerque NM101 preservation:  CSRM101,de245,x117     Mar86101 preservation:  IRM101 Aug09101

references

1 Joe McMillan, Santa Fe's Diesel Fleet, 1975.     7 Tom Chandler / Railspot, ATSF roster information.   44 Joe McMillan, High Green to Marceline; Santa Fe in Color Series:  Volume One, 1989.   50 Lloyd E. Stagner, Santa Fe 1940-1971 in Color -- Volume 1:  Chicago-Kansas City, 1992. 101 Evan Werkema, "ATSF H12-44TS 543," Santa Fe Preserved Locomotives.   de245  "Santa Fe's H12-44TS," Diesel Era, vol. 24, no. 5, September / October 2013. x117  "Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, Part Two," Extra 2200 South, issue 117, March 1999.

abbreviations

AMTK -- Amtrak ATSF -- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway BSAWZ -- black with silver / aluminum / white zebra stripe paint BYT2 -- blue with yellow ends and yellow trim paint   CSRM -- California State Railroad Museum FM -- Fairbanks-Morse IRM -- Illinois Railway Museum

notes

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