H-15-44 (EMD)

[Triplex]

I know the Rock Island had two H-15-44s rebuilt with EMD engines in 1958. How long did they last? I haven't seen photos from after 1964. That doesn't say much, as I've seen few photos of these units overall. But if they lasted to the 70s, I expect there would be more.

Seems that repowering of FMs wasn't a very worthwhile effort.

[sir frisco]

ITs been a while since i visited this site but I am wanting to find old photos and pass them along to you guys but my computor is so outdated that i may have to get a new computor .
To anser your question i think i saw a photo or two a while back but i think the rock island had i think it was like 4 to 8 of those units ,probally closer to 3 or 4 but when i find out i will post what i find out.

[BoxcabE50]

According to Louis Marre, they only owned two H15-44 units. They were re-engined by EMD in May of 1958. Traded to GE in September of 1966.

Boxcab E50

[Triplex]

Not a lot of FMs were repowered. I only know of these two, the eight (?) Wabash Trainmasters, and weren't there some C-Liners from some railroad? Were there any others?

[BoxcabE50]

Browsing around, I stumbled upon this one:

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/kcs61c.jpg

The previous page thumbnail caption states it was repowered to EMD.

http://www.northeast.railfan.net/diesel85.html

Seems like I've read, somewhere, that a couple of H10-44 were re-engined. But I can't find anything to support that idea.

Boxcab E50

[SSW9389]

Thank A J Kristopans for this webpage of EMD repowered diesels:

REPOWERED LOCOMOTIVES (http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/REPOWEREDLOCOMOTIVES/)

[Triplex]

I found tha KCS shot several years ago and forgot about it entirely.

Okay, that page doesn't list any EMD repowerings other than the Rock Island H-15-44s and KCS Eries. But the Wabash Trainmasters were Alco jobs, and I suspect the C-Liners (whoever had them) were too. What about aftermarket jobs, like the U25Bs that got engines from F7s? I guess those didn't exist for FMs.