I need help identifying this locomotive. My father worked for B&O from 1939 to 1976 when he retired. This is the best picture I have of the unit. It was taken between 1963 and 1973. The location is either Baltimore, or Georgetown. The gentlemen with him in the top photo are from left to right: Unknown, Luther P. Tingler(My father), Paul Dye, Bruno (last name unknown).
The three men on the ground in the lower picture are unknown to me.
B&O 9717 was an Fairbanks-Morse (FM) H-12-44. It was built as B&O 317 in 3/51, and was retired about 9/71.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1250843
Official date of renumbering was Jan. 1, 1957
NorthWest B&O 9717 was an Fairbanks-Morse (FM) H-12-44. It was built as B&O 317 in 3/51, and was retired about 9/71. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1250843
Fairbanks-Morse engines were the predominate yard engines used on the Maryland Division of the B&O with them mostly being serviced out of the Riverside Shop in Baltimore. Their use lasted until approximately the middle of 1973 when they were replaced with mostly EMD yard units that had been relocated from other locations on the B&O and C&O.
There were exceptions, with Jessup Yard servicing the General Electric plant in Columbia, there were GE units stationed at Jessup for use at GE. The 'Street Job' starting at Poppelton Street near the B&O Museum used a GE 44 tonner to handle the customers on Pratt Street and the Key Highway Job from Locust Point used the 600hp EMD SW-1's to work the customers down Key Highway and around to Pratt Street.
In addition to the H-12-44's there were several FM Trainmasters that were used on terminal transfer jobs.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Balt:
Minor correction. B&O didn't own any H24-66 Trainmasters. They had H16-44 road switchers running around the Baltimore Division, but they weren't Trainmasters.
Tom
Thanks so much for the information!