CALGARY, Alberta — The Locomotive & Railway Historical Society of Western Canada is seeking homes for three Fairbanks-Morse locomotives that will become homeless later this year.
The locomotives are Canadian Pacific FM H16-44 No. 8554, part of Canadian Pacific’s former historical collection, and a pair of Canadian Pacific FM CPB16-4 B units built as CP Nos. 4455-4456. All three were built by Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario, which was the licensee of Fairbanks-Morse in Canada.
While only a handful of H16-44s exist, the two CPB16-4s are the last two surviving examples of approximately 50 built for service across North America. Canadian Pacific rostered 16 CPA16-4 and 12 CPB16-4 locomotives built in the early 1950s. The B units were paired with the C-Liner A units in both freight and passenger service on Canadian Pacific.
All three are currently in storage southeast of Calgary at a gas plant that is being dismantled this year. Efforts to secure a home in Canada have so far been unsuccessful and the society is looking south for a potential home in the United States to save these rare locomotives from the scrapper’s torch. Interested parties can contact Jim Lanigan, president of the society, at (403) 265-9227.
