
C&NW H16-66 1611
- Group: Chicago & North Western 1605-1612
- Builder number: FM 16L665
- Builder date: November, 1952
- Order number: LD-137
- Phase: Ib
- Horsepower: 1600
- Prime mover: Non-turbocharged 8-cylinder FM opposed piston 38D8 1/8
- Main generator: Westinghouse 497B2
- Traction motors: Six Westinghouse 370DEZ
- Production: 51 units between January, 1951, and October, 1958
- Chicago & North Western ownership: 43 units
Chicago & North Western 1611
Built as Chicago & North Western 1611 in November, 1952, as part of the third order, for eight units. It was retired in May, 1969, and traded in to EMD the same month.
- John F. Kirkland, The Diesel Builders: Fairbanks-Morse and Lima-Hamilton, Interurban Press, 1985, pgs 99-100
- Paul K. Withers and Don Strack, Diesels of the Chicago & North Western, Withers Publishing, 1995, p 148
- Paul K. Withers, “Fairbanks-Morse H16-66,” Diesel Era, July/August, 1997, pgs 19-28
- Paul K. Withers and David R. Sweetland, Train Master: The Most Useful Locomotive Ever Built, Withers Publishing, 1997, pgs 89-96