Boulder City, NV, NV State Railroad Museum, Hoover Dam, Union Pacific, Nv Southern Railway

Locomotive 1855, Type Fairbanks-Morse FM H12-44

Locomotive Number 1855 was built in 1953 and was used  in service for the government in the Army Transportation Corps. It is unusual because it’s diesel engine is of opposed piston design. This type of engine was developed by the Fairbanks-Morse Company for use in diesel submarines. After  World War

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