Almost 40 Years Being Hidden Away, This Rare Baldwin RF-16 "Sharknose" Appears! | Jason Asselin
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2021
- One of only two surviving Baldwin RF-16 “Sharknose” diesel locomotives were moved from Escanaba to Wells, MI today (December 2, 2021). Come along as I document this historic move, it was the first time it's seen sunlight in almost 40 years! This one is numbered 1216 was put inside and stored since the early 80's, its said it will be donated to a museum along with the other unit 1205.
Baldwin built 109 such A units and 51 B-units between 1950 and 1953 for Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. The last two As, Nos. 1205 and 1216, which were in danger of scrapping, were purchased by Delaware & Hudson in 1974. They were used in freight service and in passenger excursion service on the D&H until late 1978. No. 1216 was briefly used by E&LS in the summer of 1979, then saw another revival in autumn 1982, but after a few trips between the railroad’s headquarters in Wells and Channing the unit’s crankshaft broke and it has been stored ever since. - (www.trains.com/trn/news-revie...)
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You caught a GP38, 45-tonner, SW8, SD9 AND a Shark??. I'd call that a GOOD day!
Bruce Sterzing, D&H president and the person responsible for bringing these locomotives, and the Alco PA-1's, to the D&H, passed away on October 9, 2021 at age 88. He was originally an attorney for N&W and found his way to NS later in his working career, having been sent to D&H when N&W controlled D&H via its Derco subsidiary, I rode these units while they were on Michigan Northern where I worked. The air throttle on these units was a completely different approach to locomotive operation. Glad to see they are in good hands.
Jason, thank you for sharing this historic event. Hat's off to the people who gave you the heads up that it was going to happen. Not only did we get to see this moment in history, in this video we got to see a collection of motive power.. good stuff. Thanks again.
Who ever tipped you off... Deserves an adult beverage or two.
WOW, I haven't seen those babies in over 45 years. I remember kicking the air starter to keep them running (they would shut down at inopportune times) I wondered when EL&S was going to bring them out of hiding.
That entire facility is like a living railroad museum. Even the switchers are vintage
And so the story continues. Dose anybody know if they were actually donated or if they were just being moved?
Just when i thought the Baldwin RF-16's were long gone extinct, there's two of them left. Thank God they're still alive.
The older locos had more class, today they're just long boxes.
This is surreal. This is cooler than expected
The equipment overall looks in fantastic shape 😮
Will it run again?
Is 1216 the unit that was only running on 7 cylinders when it was on the Michigan Northern?
that small switcher is a g.e 55 tonner or 65 tonner,good video
No style (1223/5)...
How the heck did they get that Baldwin RF-16 Sharknose locomotive started? Or did they? And a former VIA Rail car?
Just scrolling through youtube & i came across this gem! It would be great if those sharks could be restored & runing on the tracks again for tourist trips. Fab video Jason. ❤😊👍
I hope that someday these Sharks will be in running condition.🙏🏻
God the Sharknoses need a new owner who would actually take care of them
Do you know if they are planning to restore it or are they setting it aside to be sent of to be scraped