NKP H-12-44 #139

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Alan Fricker	General	FMs had to be full height because of their opposed piston design. And something you don't see today-check out the pole over the front truck! For moving cars that were fouling switches-the loco would push the car clear using the pole in the poling pockets of the car and loco.	6/26/2014 9:29:29 AM

Fred Stuckmann	General	That pocket is just above the brakeman's ankles, next to the cutting lever. I've used one once.	6/26/2014 2:25:45 PM

Butch Getz	General	IIRC, those poles made for an excellent (unintended)javelin......that's why no longer used!	6/28/2014 9:45:40 AM

NKP H-12-44 #139
Conductor is riding point as this tall nosed Fairbanks-Morse unit rolls through the Fort Wayne yard. Robert Larson photo
Date: 4/24/1958	Location: Fort Wayne, IN	Views: 429	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
Locomotives: NKP 139(H-12-44)			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster,Action		This picture is part of album: Nickel Plate Diesels

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