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Delaware and Hudson 1205 and 1216
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1951
what is it?
Delaware and Hudson 1205 and 1216 are two Baldwin RF-16 "Sharknose" locomotives originally built for the New York Central Railroad in 1951 and 1952. They are the final two remaining examples of the Baldwin RF-16.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1952
- retired
- 1978
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- New York Central Railroad, Monongahela Railway, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Michigan Northern Railway, Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5253211, Wikipedia: Delaware and Hudson 1205 and 1216 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.