| MILW CFA16-4 24C at Bensenville, Illinois on January 9, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Fairbanks-Morse was an on-line industry for the Mllwaukee Road, so it was only natural for the road to acquire F-M products. In addition to purchasing F-M's first production diesel locomotive, an H10-44 switcher now at the Illinois Railway Museum, the road purchased 12 CFA16-4's and six CFB16-4 boosters. This unit was built at Beloit, Wisconsin, in July 1951 (c/n 16L482). classed as 16-FF on the MILW, and produced 1600 horsepower with eight cylinders (16 pistons) using an opposed piston prime mover design. |