Just received my latest acquisition from my buddy Mister Muffin. The Fairbanks Morse H10-44 Diesel Switcher Engine is in the Monon - The Hoosier Line paint scheme This is my first FM switcher and I love it because it resembles the Alco HH-660. The Monon paint scheme is absolutely beautiful Big thanks go out to Steve and Canoli for doing this special run Cant wait to get it to the club for sea trials
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SaWeeeeeet!! I see the attraction and I agree. 
Wow. I think you are really lucky man right now. The engine is really beauty.
Now that's a really handsome loco!
Hey Buddy very very nice,
muffin and canoli are the best.
Its a bowling bag ball !!!!
Alex
Love the paint and lettering! Let us know how she runs.
I am currently running one of these decorated for SP in Tiger Stripes. Really love the look of these engines.
Rolland
Love the colors. Very cool!
Are those 'Hawkeye' colors!!!
I thought Monon was an Indiana schools celebrant!?.....e.g., Purdue 'Boilermakers'....GOLD & Black!!
Just kidding, of course!
Looking VERY good!
KD (PU '66)
No, these are "Hawkeye" colors:
And, up and down the Monon everything is fine 'cause the Monon is a rootin', tootin' Hoosier Line!
BlueLine,
Got to admit a seriously cool engine and color scheme, let us know how she runs!
PCRR/Dave
Gorgeous engine! I have been sorely tempted...
Ben,
Beautiful diesel but, what exactly is a "Hoosier?"
Scrappy
Very sharp, enjoy.
Peter
Scrapiron Scher posted:Ben,
Beautiful diesel but, what exactly is a "Hoosier?"
Scrappy
It was one of the best movies ever made LOL
Scrapiron Scher posted:Ben,
Beautiful diesel but, what exactly is a "Hoosier?"
Scrappy
Hoosier = an Indiana resident. No one is quite sure what the origin of the word Hoosier is, but the Monon was located almost completely within the state of Indiana, so earned the nickname The Hoosier Line.
From Wikipedia
Hoosier /ˈhuːʒər/ is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. The origin of the term remains a matter of debate within the state,[1] but "Hoosier" was in general use by the 1840s,[2] having been popularized by Richmond resident John Finley's 1833[2] poem "The Hoosier's Nest". Anyone born in Indiana or a resident at the time is considered to be a Hoosier.[3] Indiana adopted the nickname "The Hoosier State" more than 150 years ago.[1]
Humorous folk etymologies for the term "hoosier" have a long history, as recounted by Dunn in The Word Hoosier.
One account traces the word to the necessary caution of approaching houses on the frontier. In order to avoid being shot, a traveler would call out from afar to let themselves be known. The inhabitants of the cabin would then reply "Who's here?" which – in the Appalachian English of the early settlers – slurred into "Who'sh 'ere?" and thence into "Hoosier?" A variant of this account had the Indiana pioneers calling out "Who'sh 'ere?" as a general greeting and warning when hearing someone in the bushes and tall grass, to avoid shooting a relative or friend in error.[11]
The poet James Whitcomb Riley facetiously suggested that the fierce brawling that took place in Indiana involved enough biting that the expression "Whose ear?" became notable. This arose from or inspired the story of two 19th-century French immigrants brawling in a tavern in the foothills of southern Indiana. One was cut and a third Frenchman walked in to see an ear on the dirt floor of the tavern, prompting him to slur out "Whosh ear?"[12]
I like the one with the brawling French immigrants the best !!
I bet Jim Barrett will get one.
Marty Fitzhenry posted:I bet Jim Barrett will get one.
Is he a French immigrant
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