ATSF H12-44TS Reference Roster

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

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specifications:

power: 1,200 hp1,x117
weight: 246,000 lbsde245,x117
tractive effort: 61,600 lbsx117

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 and configurations

disposition

ATSF
541:1

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ATSF H12-44TS 541:1 BSAWZ

H12-44TS

builder: FM1,7,63,x117
date: May567,63,x117
serial no.: 12-L-102163
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

ATSF
542:1

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ATSF H12-44TS 542:1 BSAWZ

H12-44TS

builder: FM1,7,63,x117
date: May567,63,x117
serial no.: 12-L-102263
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
• cab:
extended all-weather windows: engineer's
side101
lease: from AMTK mid74101,de245
retired: 7May74101,x117 / May741

scrapped: de245

ATSF
543:1

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ATSF H12-44TS 543:1 BSAWZ

H12-44TS

builder: FM1,7,63,x117
date: May567,63,x117
serial no.: 12-L-102363
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.
63 E. D. Worley, Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail, Southwest Railroad Historical Society, 1965.
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

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4 Last upgraded 27 August 2013.