Santa Fe FM H12-44 #543 on the move

tomgears · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:17 am

Saw this come through on railpictures.net

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 88&nseq=44

She was one-time Dearborn Station switcher now bound for IRM. I assume she was out west somewhere.

Jdelhaye · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:31 pm

Actually, as of 1 week ago, she is sitting on the UP/IRM interchange track (still on the flatcar).

Jeff

Al Stangenberger · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:59 pm **Posts:** 650

tomgears wrote:

She was one-time Dearborn Station switcher now bound for IRM. I assume she was out west somewhere.

She was at CSRM in Sacramento, stored in the old SP shops.

tomgears · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:13 pm

So was she sold, traded, or loaned?

Jim Lundquist · **Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:33 pm

I am really glad she found a good, new home.

Al Stangenberger · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:59 pm **Posts:** 650

tomgears wrote:

So was she sold, traded, or loaned?

As far as I know, the locomotive was given away (FOB Sacramento, don't know who paid for moving it).

CSRM lost a lot of their storage space as part of plans to develop the old SP shops in Sacramento.

There were several other pieces of equipment transferred to other museums. WRM got an Oakland, Antioch & Eastern flat car and a Sacramento Northern box car, and I believe other museums also received equipment.