Delaware & Hudson 1205 and 1216

Delaware & Hudson 1205 and 1216
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number	75316 and 75372
Model	RF-16
Build date	December 1951 and January 1952
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
UIC classification	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Prime mover	608A
Engine type	Four-stroke diesel
Aspiration	Tubocharged
Displacement	15,832 cu in (259.44 l)
Cylinders	Inline 8
Cylinder size	12.75 × 15.50 in (324 × 394 mm)
Transmission	DC generator, DC traction motors
Power output	1,600 hp (1.19 MW)
Career	New York Central Railroad (NYC), Monongahela Railway, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Michigan Northern Railway
Number	NYC 3805 & 3816. NYC 1205 & 1216.
Current owner	Castolite Corporation
Disposition	Stored out of service

Delaware and Hudson locomotives 1205 and 1216 are the only surviving Baldwin Sharknoses. They have been stored out of service at the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad since 1981.

The locomotives were part of a fleet of 18 on the New York Central Railroad, and were originally numbered 3805 and 3816. The Central later gave them the numbers that they would retain for the rest of their career: 1205 and 1216.

After years of service on the New York Central, they were traded in to GE Transportation Systems, but instead of scrapping them, GE sold them to the Monongahela Railway for $6000 each, along with seven others. The Sharknoses hauled coal trains for the Monongahela between 1967 and 1972. By 1972, 1205 and 1216 were the only operable locomotives of the bunch, and the entire group was sold for scrap.

In 1974, the locomotives still had not been cut up, and the Delaware and Hudson Railway exchanged $12,000 of scrap boxcars for 1205 and 1216. The D&H used the locomotives in freight service until 1978.

In 1978 the pair was sold to the Castolite Corporation, a locomotive leasing firm. In 1979, they were leased to their final operator, the Michigan Northern Railway. It was not long before the 1205 suffered a crankshaft failure, and it was sent to be stored out of service at the Escanaba and Lake Superior. The 1216 continued to work until February 1982 before finally having mechanical failure and joining the 1205 in storage. The locomotives are indoors and out of view.