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Roadtrip, You may or may not know that the Delaware & Hudson RR purchased the last surviving pair of second hand RF16 Sharks in the early 70's (not sure of date) and ran them in freight service for a few years. I think they got them from the Monongahela RR which I (again) think was 'part of' NYC. Unlike other former owners of Sharks, the D&H kept them quite clean. As an aside, around the same time, the D&H purchased two pairs of traded in ex-ATSF Alco PAs and reinstated passenger service between Albany and Montreal; remember this was in the early years of Amtrak and almost all other roads had bailed-out of the passenger business by then, gladly turning it over to Amtrak. The D&H Alco PAs retained the ATSF's 'war bonnet' paint scheme on the sides-the stainless (natural metal) finish remained as it was on ATSF and what had been red on the forward part of the ATSF body sides and nose was now D&H blue. The striping on the side that separated the natural metal from the painted portion retained the yellow stripe from the ATSF and replaced the red part, again with D&H blue. There was a yellow D&H herald and a v'd stripe on the nose extending down the side to the leading edge of the cab door (halfway up the carbody). Now picture exactly the same paint treatment on an RF16 Shark and that is how the D&H repainted their Sharks! The PAs were joint - leased out to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority/Boston & Maine RR for commuter service in the Boston area in the late 70s and I believe retired after that. I don't know what happened to the pair of Sharks (most of my reference material is still unpacked-I just moved intoa new house. If no one tells you anything else as to the fate of the Sharks, I guess it could be feasible that your RR rescued one from the scrap heap! I dare you to retain a semblence of the ATSF/D&H paint scheme: just substitute your rr's primary color for the D&H blue. Check out the ER unit-they may offer a D&H paint scheme. Model Power offered the HO version of their Shark in the absolutely incorrect ATSF paint scheme (ATSF never had any Sharks), and the paint work was awful. Athearn offered the PAs in the D&H scheme and it was very nicely done. Go for it!
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