Southern Pacific No. 1518

Southern Pacific No. 1518
No. 1518 in operation at Illinois Railway Museum on June 27th, 2009
Technical specifications
Serial number(s)	15990
Manufacturer(s)	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Type of locomotive	Diesel-electric
Constructed	May 1951
Classification	EMD: SD7 SP: DF-116 ES615-2
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover	EMD 645CE
Cylinders	16
Service information
Operator(s)	Southern Pacific Railroad → Union Pacific Railroad Illinois Railway Museum
Fleet numbers	EMD: 990 SP: 5308 2715 1415 1518
Preservation information
Preserved	It was preserved
Disposition	Operational

Southern Pacific No. 1518 is an EMD SD7 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Southern Pacific Railroad in May 1951.

History

Southern Pacific No. 1518 was constructed in May 1951 as a demonstrator unit by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD), it was delivered to the Southern Pacific Railroad in October 1952, where it was given its first number of 5308 and its first classification of DF-116 by the Southern Pacific.

It eventually would be renumbered as 2715 and then renumbered to 1415, until it received its final number which was 1518, and given its final classification of ES615-2. In 1965 before it would be renumbered yet again to 1427 in 1974 and retained its classification of ES615-4.

It lasted into the days of the Union Pacific Railroad when Southern Pacific and its parent company Rio Grande Industries had merged into Union Pacific Railroad.

It would eventually be removed from Union Pacific's roster and was donated to the Illinois Railway Museum where it still operates there to this day.

Trivia

• Southern Pacific No. 1518 is one of two surviving EMD SD7 locomotives that were operated by Southern Pacific, the other survivor is known to be No. 1530 which is currently at the Portland and Western Railroad as PNWR 1501.

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