Southern Pacific Classes EF618E-1, EF618R-1 and EF618E-2

The Southern Pacific Classes EF618E-1, EF618R-1 and EF618E-2 were a series of EMD SD9 diesel locomotives built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Southern Pacific Railroad between 1954 and 1956.

History[]

Between 1954 and 1956, the Southern Pacific Railroad began ordering EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives from the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for Maintenance of Way services (MoW), switching duties in yards, freight runs and even their own passenger trains.

In all, a total of 144 EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives were purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad, with some of them being numbered in a 5300 sequence to a 5400 sequence and classified as DF-120, DF-121, DF-122 and DF-125 locomotives. Then in 1965 they would all be renumbered to a 3800 sequence to a 3900 sequence and reclassified as EF618-1, EF618-2, EF618-3 and EF618-5 locomotives.

Between 1971 and 1976, Southern Pacific Railroad had rebuilt all of their EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives under Southern Pacific's R8 to GRIP programs, which resulted in all of them being renumbered 4300-4441 and two of them being numbered 4450 and 4451, with locomotives Nos. 4300-4441 being classified as EF618E-1 and EF618R-1, and the two other SD9 "Cadillac" locomotives Nos. 4450 and 4451 being classified as EF618E-2.

Preservation[]

In all, some members of the three classes of EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives have survived into the preservation era. But out of all of them, two (formerly three) have been preserved in their Southern Pacific forms.

Southern Pacific #4451 "Puff" - Formerly #5353, #5339 and #3800, is currently stored in derelict condition at Schellville, California.
Southern Pacific #5472 - Formerly #4423 and #3946, has been restored cosmetically and mechanically to operational condition as No. 5472 and is operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California.

There was a third example that was preserved, which was Southern Pacific #4450 "Huff" (formerly #5363 and later #3822), which was given to the Golden Gate Railroad Museum also in California.^[1] But it was then sold to the Feather River Rail Society where it would be transferred to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California, where it stayed there for a couple of years when it was eventually declared surplus to the WPRM's collection and in August 2013 was ultimately scrapped due to its poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.

Stock list[]

EF618E-1 and EF618R-1[]

Unit No.	1965 No.	Original No.	Build date	Manufacturer	Classification(s)	Operator(s)	Status	Notes
4300	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4301	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4302	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4303	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4304	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4305	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4306	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4307	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4308	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4309	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4310	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4311	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4312	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4313	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4314	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4315	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4316	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4317	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4318	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4319	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4320	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4321	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4322	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4323	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4324	3813	5352	April 1954	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	In Northwestern Pacific Railroad livery as CRGX #100 of March 6, 2023.
4325	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4326	3819	5360	April 1954	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Operational as PNWR #1851	^[2]
4327	3856	5378	January 1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Still in Northwestern Pacific Railroad livery as of February 1, 2014.
4328	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4329	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4330	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4331	3855	5377	1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-121 (1955-1965) EF618-2 (1965-1971) EF618E-1 (1971–present)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4332	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4333	3866	5388	1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) EF618-3 (1965-1971) EF618E-1 (1971-1995)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4334	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4335	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4336	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4337	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4338	3876	5398	1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) EF618-3 (1965-1971) EF618E-1 (1971-1997)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Under ownership of National Railway Equipment
4339	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4340	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4341	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4342	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4343	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4344	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4345	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4346	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4347	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4348	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4349	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4350	3885	5407	1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) EF618-3 (1965-1971) EF618E-1 (1971-1991)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Scrapped in 1991
4351	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4352	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4353	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4354	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4355	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4356	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4357	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4358	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4359	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4360	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4361	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4362	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4363	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4364	3877	5399	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Railway	Under ownership of George Lavacot
4365	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4366	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4367	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4368	3903	5425	April 1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown
4369	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4370	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4371	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4372	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4373	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4374	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4375	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4376	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4377	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4378	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4379	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4380	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4381	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4382	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4383	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4384	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4385	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4386	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4387	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4388	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4389	3891	5413	1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) EF618-3 (1965-May 1974) EF618E-1 (May 1974 – 1995)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4390	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4391	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4392	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4393	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4394	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4395	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4396	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4397	3916	5438	May 1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Operational as PNWR #1852	^[3]
4398	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4399	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4400	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4401	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4402	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4403	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4404	3906	5428	April 1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Western Pacific Railroad Museum Western Rail Inc.	Operational by Western Rail Inc.
4405	3899	5421	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown
4406	3896	5418	April 1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown
4407	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4408	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4409	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4410	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4411	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4412	3830	5371	1954	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-120 (1954-1965) EF618-1 (1965-1971) EF618E-1 (1971-1996)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4413	3878	5400	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Railway	Unknown
4414	3962	5489	April 1956	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Scrapped in October 2010
4415	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4416	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4417	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4418	3910	5432	1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) EF618-3 (1965-1976) EF618E-1 (1976-1996)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4419	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4420	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4421	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4422	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4423	3946	5472	1956	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-125 (1954-1965) EF618-5 (1965-1977) EF618R-1 (1977–present)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway
4424	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4425	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4426	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Nevada Northern Railway Museum	Operational at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum as Nevada Northern #204
4427	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4428	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4429	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4430	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4431	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4432	3888	5410	April 1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown
4433	3904	5426	1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad Willamette Valley Railway Portland and Western Railroad	Under ownership of the Portland and Western Railroad where it has been renumbered as PNWR #1854
4434	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4435	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4436	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4437	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4438	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4439	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4440	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown
4441	-	-	-	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	-	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown