A Baldwin RF-16 locomotive was moved out of its storage shed this week in Michigan, Railfan and Railroad magazine reported.
Social media reports indicated that former Delaware & Hudson No. 1216 was moved around a yard of the Escanaba & Lake Superior.
The magazine said it is unclear why the locomotive was moved.
The 1216 is one of two “Sharks” that have been stored in Michigan since the early 1980s. Also in storage is ex-D&H No. 1205.
The two units are the only survivors of the 160 locomotives of this type built by Baldwin.
Some of those “Shark’s” worked on the Monongahela Railroad in southwest Pennsylvania before being retired.
The article can be found at https://railfan.com/elusive-baldwin-shark-emerges-after-four-decades-in-storage/
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