Description
Rapido Trains HO Scale FM H16-44 Phase III diesels are based on the finaldiesels manufactured by Fairbanks-Morse. In 1955, Fairbanks Morse offered anew design for their existing H16-44 Phase I/II model locomotives. Thesechanges involved raising the walkway & simplifying the short & long hood tomake construction easier. Exterior-wise the locomotives looked much liketheir bigger brother - the H24-66 but with 4 axles instead of 6. Under thehood the locomotives were nearly identical to the earlier phases of H16-44except for replacing the Westinghouse Electrical System with a morereliable General Electric system.
A total of 165 of the H16-44 Phase III Locomotives were built between 1955and 1963. Locomotives for the Canadian Pacific Railway and CanadianNational Railway were built by Fairbanks Morse subsidiary CanadianLocomotive Company. A total of 58 H16-44s of were built at this plant. Thelast H16-44 was built for the Ferrorcarril de Chihuahua al PacificoRailroad in 1963. This was the last Fairbanks Morse Locomotive to roll offthe assembly line as the company folded the same year.
The Rapido Trains FM H16-44 is loaded with roadname-specific detailingincluding dynamic or non-dynamic brake body versions, separate grab ironsand handrails; appropriate Dofasco or AAR trucks, full underbody detailing,full numberboard, class lights and headlights; a smooth dual-flywheel driveand Macdonald-Cartier magnetic knuckle couplers. This H16-44 is equippedwith a full sound and DCC decoder package for extreme realism. Check outthe entire line of Rapido Trains HOScale locomotives.
A total of 165 of the H16-44 Phase III Locomotives were built between 1955and 1963. Locomotives for the Canadian Pacific Railway and CanadianNational Railway were built by Fairbanks Morse subsidiary CanadianLocomotive Company. A total of 58 H16-44s of were built at this plant. Thelast H16-44 was built for the Ferrorcarril de Chihuahua al PacificoRailroad in 1963. This was the last Fairbanks Morse Locomotive to roll offthe assembly line as the company folded the same year.
The Rapido Trains FM H16-44 is loaded with roadname-specific detailingincluding dynamic or non-dynamic brake body versions, separate grab ironsand handrails; appropriate Dofasco or AAR trucks, full underbody detailing,full numberboard, class lights and headlights; a smooth dual-flywheel driveand Macdonald-Cartier magnetic knuckle couplers. This H16-44 is equippedwith a full sound and DCC decoder package for extreme realism. Check outthe entire line of Rapido Trains HOScale locomotives.
