Sharknose
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Sharknose is a term applied by railfans to the styling of several cab unit diesel locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works to the specifications of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The styling was by Baldwin Locomotive Works under the direction of Mr. Donald L. Hadley. Design Patent D154,120 bears his name. [1]
Locomotives commonly known as "sharknoses" include:
- Baldwin DR-6-4-20, otherwise known as the "Passenger Sharknose" or "Passenger Shark"
- Baldwin DR-4-4-15, otherwise known as the "Freight Sharknose" or "Freight Shark", along with the:
- Baldwin RF-16
Other railroads
While the passenger models were unique to the Pennsylvania Railroad, other railroads purchased and operated the freight models, including the New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern. The New York Central was the last original owner to operate the engines, selling the last of them to the Monongahela Railway for $6,000 each (equal to $57,934 today) in late 1967. By 1972, all but two of them, Nos. 1205 and 1216, had been scrapped. The final pair also were sold for scrap in 1974, but were rescued from the torch by the Delaware and Hudson Railway, which at the time was also operating four ALCO PA-1 passenger locomotives. In 1978, Nos. 1205 and 1216 were sold to the Castolite Corporation, which leased them for use on the Michigan Northern Railway. Both engines have purportedly been stored out of public view on the property of the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad since the 1980s.[citation needed][2]