Elusive Baldwin ‘Shark’ Emerges After Four Decades in Storage
By Railfan & Railroad Staff
ESCANABA, Mich. — After being in storage for nearly four decades, one of the last Baldwin RF-16 “Shark” locomotives emerged into the daylight this week — but the reasons why are still shrouded in mystery. On Thursday, images of Delaware & Hudson RF-16 1216 being moved around the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad yard in Michigan emerged on social media. The locomotive and its sister, D&H 1205, have been stored there since the early 1980s.
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