Delaware & Hudson

The Last Remaining Sharks

D&H 1205
photo by: Unknown
- collection of Mark Laundry
Watervliet NY - Aug. 24, 1974 		1205

RF16
c/n 75361, b/d 12/1951

- acquired in 1974
- sold in 1978
- follow the complete history below

D&H 1205
photo by: Tim Darnell
Whitehall NY - Aug. 1976 		D&H 1205
photo by: Tim Darnell

D&H 1216
photo by: Tim Darnell
Whitehall NY - Aug. 1976
 1216

RF16
c/n 75372, b/d 1/1952

- acquired in 1974
- sold in 1978
- follow the complete history below 		Bulider Plate 1216
photo by: Tim Darnell

1205 & 1216 History:

- built for the NYC as 3805 & 3816, renumbered 1205 & 1216 in 1966, traded to GE
- resold by GE to the Monongahela in 1967
- sold to locomotive/scrap metal dealer D.J Joseph, 1974
- resold to the Delaware & Hudson in 1974
- sold to John Kunzie / Castolite Corp. in 1978 and kept at the E&LS
- leased to the Michigan Northern. See the Michigan Northern Gallery Page for a more detailed history
- to the E&LS, 1216 operated in 1979 & 1982. Both currently stored indoors at Wells, MI.

data source: bibliography [3], [4] & [5]



Tim Darnell, 1976

Story

  • Chasing the D&H Sharks - railfan account of chasing the last two surviving Sharks from 1976

    Photos

    DH 1216 DH 1216
    photos by: Dale W. Woodland
    1970's

    D&H 1205 D&H 1216
    photos by: Tom Trencansky
    Barton, NY - July 24, 1975

    The copyrights for all photos are assumed to rest with the photographers.

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