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FM Demo TM-1 and TM-2
Title:  FM Demo TM-1 and TM-2
Description:  Builders photo-part of a garage sale purchase.
Photo Date:  1/1/1953  Upload Date: 5/20/2009 11:47:35 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Tim Turner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  FM TM-1(H-24-66) FM TM-2(H-24-66)
Views:  6125   Comments: 12
PRR 3884, K-4S, 1953
Title:  PRR 3884, K-4S, 1953
Description:  Kern. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Fred Kern that was taken in Bay Head Junction, New Jersey, on 7 September 1953. The two steam locomotives on the right (L to R) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #3884 and #5367. Both are K-4S (4-6-2) "Pacifics" built in Juniata. #3884 was built during July of 1923 and retired in May of 1956, while #5367 was built in May of 1924 and retired in October of 1956. The brightly-colored diesel-electric locomotive on the left is Fairbanks-Morse "Trainmaster" demonstrator #TM-1, built in April of 1953, rated at 2,400 horsepower, and auditioning with the Central Railroad of New Jersey. (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  9/7/1953  Upload Date: 3/29/2018 11:16:42 AM
Location:  Bay Head Junction, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 3884(4-6-2) PRR 5367(4-6-2) FM TM-1(H-24-66)
Views:  1616   Comments: 1
"Train Master Tribute," Page 28, 1973
Title:  "Train Master Tribute," Page 28, 1973
Description:  Here is page one of a 16-page cover article by J. David Ingles entitled "Train Master Tribute: A 20-Year-Old In Twilight." It was published originally in the August 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 28. Bottom Photo Caption: "The prototype Train Masters, demonstrators TM-1 and TM-2, clank across IC diamonds at Wabic Tower in Decatur, Ill., with a 70-car westbound Wabash redball freight on November 30, 1953." Photo by Walter A. Peters.
Photo Date:  8/1/1973  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 3:31:00 PM
Location:  Decatur, IL
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FM TM-1(H-24-66) FM TM-2(H-24-66)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
"Train Master Tribute," Front Cover, 1973
Title:  "Train Master Tribute," Front Cover, 1973
Description:  Here is the front cover of a 16-page cover article by J. David Ingles entitled "Train Master Tribute: A 20-Year-Old In Twilight." It was published originally on the August 1973 issue of "Trains" magazine. The bottom photo depicts Fairbanks-Morse demonstrator TM-2, an H-24-66 Train Master built in April of 1953, rated at 2,400 horsepower, purchased by Wabash and numbered "551," rebuilt with an Alco engine and renumbered "599," then absorbed by N&W and renumbered "3599."
Photo Date:  8/1/1973  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 3:29:54 PM
Location:  Beloit, WI
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  FM TM-2(H-24-66)
Views:  109   Comments: 0


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