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Just FYI – There is, or was, an old Santa Fe H-16-44 at the California Railroad Museum. It was in their storage tracks north of the museum proper. As I haven’t driven up there lately I don’t know if it’s still visible, but you used to be able to see it as you got north on I5 past the museum, look to the right of the freeway and down and you could see the top of the loco. This was a post-Lowery design, not the oval-windowed model.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Iftody
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 9:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Fairbanks-Morse] Rapido H-16-44

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Hello,

It's nice to be part of this group again.? I was on here in the early 2000's when it was a Yahoo Group.? I wanted to share something with all of you; I'm not trying to brag, but I think it's really cool.

? ? ?In 2004, my late father-in-law Alberto Hurtado Moreno took me to the train museum in Puebla, one hour south of Mexico City.? They had an H-16-44!? I spent about 3 hours photographing and measuring it.? We went back the next year, and I spent another 3 hours on it.? I intended to build an O scale model.

? ? ?Fast-forward to now, my model railroader father-in-law is dead, and I'm divorced,? But, a few months ago I sent 60 photos to Rapido Trains. I had seen a newsletter where two of their employees were measuring and scanning a former CP CLC-built H-16-44 in a museum in the village of Mazeppa, Alberta, Canada.? I knew some of the louvers would be in different places on a CLC unit.? Beloit units are different.? ?They responded with this nice enail.? I took a screen shot of it, and attached it here.

? ? ?Jason Shron and his employees at Rapido will do a fine job, and produce a very accurate model.? I am glad I got to help in some way, and my late father-in-law would be proud.? Some of the pain was worth it.


Martin Iftody
Toronto, Ontario, Canada