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Delaware And Hudson 1205 And 1216
Delaware and Hudson 1205 and 1216 are two Baldwin RF-16 locomotives originally built for the New York Central Railroad in 1951 and 1952. They are the last two surviving examples of the Baldwin RF-16. History The locomotives were originally delivered to the New York Central Railroad, as units 3805 and 3816, later renumbered to 1205 and 1216 in 1966, shortly before being traded in to GE Transportation, General Electric. They were then sold to the Monongahela Railway in 1967, where they worked Unit train, coal drag service until 1972, by which point they were the only operable units out of the group of RF-16s initially purchased by the railway. That same year they were traded to a scrap dealer where they stayed until 1974, when they were exchanged for $6,000 worth of scrap boxcars by the Delaware and Hudson Railway. The locomotives were acquired by the Delaware & Hudson as part of a preservation project enacted under the tenure of then CEO Carl B. Sterzing Jr., and so in addition to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldwin RF-16
The BLH RF-16 is a cab unit-type diesel locomotive built for freight service by the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation between 1950 and 1953. All RF-16s were configured with a B-B wheel arrangement and ran on two AAR Type B two-axle road trucks, with all axles powered. A total of 109 cab-equipped A units were built, along with 51 cabless booster B units, for a total of 160 locomotives built. As was the case with most passenger locomotives of its day, the RF-16s came equipped with a retractable, nose-mounted drop coupler pilot. Unlike competing units from EMD and Alco, the RF-16 used an air-powered throttle, meaning that it could not be run in MU operation with EMD or Alco diesels without special MU equipment. History In 1948, Baldwin began to apply a new "Sharknose" body style to its cab unit diesel locomotives. The goal of the new style was partly to differentiate Baldwin locomotives from competitors, and partly to distance the new locomotives from early Baldwin diesels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |