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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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The concept of these things just sort of sitting in buildings is kind of depressing, but better than them being scrapped.

Good to see it under direct sunlight

The owner has promised the sharks would be given away to a museum.
But that's not happening right now, it turns out this is just a move for managing storage space.