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With the recent news of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's acquiring TVA FM H-16-66 #F3060, I think we should have the Fairbanks Morse H-16-66s for the TVA, C&NW, Milwaukee Road, and others.
I thought TVA #3060 could run! Guess not...
I'm assuming that it isn't running, as according to the Wikipedia page on H-16-66's the locomotive was retired from active service in 1997, so it's been sitting still for more than 20 years. It's got an opposed-piston (OP) engine, think two cylinders inside the same cylinder casing, with the heads of the two cylinders facing each others. That means two crankshafts, which means a more complex engine. I even found the Wikipedia article for the engine TVA #3060 has. Fairbanks-Morse is still in business, making these engines to this day, so theoreticly, you could buy a replacement engine from them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_Morse_38_8-1/8_diesel_engine
That also means theoretically, (with some modification to the engine), FM could go back into making locomotives.
That TVA FM H-16-66 #F3060 looks like a fossil.
I'm assuming that it isn't running, as according to the Wikipedia page on H-16-66's the locomotive was retired from active service in 1997, so it's been sitting still for more than 20 years. It's got an opposed-piston (OP) engine, think two cylinders inside the same cylinder casing, with the heads of the two cylinders facing each others. That means two crankshafts, which means a more complex engine. I even found the Wikipedia article for the engine TVA #3060 has. Fairbanks-Morse is still in business, making these engines to this day, so theoreticly, you could buy a replacement engine from them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks_Morse_38_8-1/8_diesel_engine
The one......
The only.....
THE GREAT AMERICAN ENERGY SAVER!
Some more Clinchfield would be great!
Clinchfield did order some SD40T-2 tunnel motors before the SBD merger as well, didn't they? would be an interesting 'fantasy' scheme for sure.
Related note, the ATSF did order ~10 SD40-2's with a unique light package for (supposedly) running on certain SP routes. IIRC they were numbered 5060-5069, built in 1979. The extra light package was removed in the late 80's afaik. Would be something neat for sure.
I would like to see an updated version of the Conrail SD60M or make a SD60i.