Southern Pacific No. 1534 was an EMD SD7 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1953.
History[]
Southern Pacific No. 1534 was built for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1953 and was delivered to the Southern Pacific Railroad that same year in 1953.
It was first numbered as 5290 where it was classified by the Southern Pacific as a DF-114, it would be renumbered as 2711 and reclassified as ES615-1. In 1965 before it would be renumbered yet again to 1411 in 1974 and retained its classification of ES615-1.
In 1980, it would be rebuilt into what would officially become No. 1534, where it was given the classification of ES615R-1, it would be retired from service in May 1993 and would be sold to Omni-Trax in April 1995. It was sadly scrapped in November 2001.
It remained in service on the Southern Pacific until it would be retired from service in 1997, sold in 1999 and was sadly scrapped after being sold.
Trivia[]
- Although Southern Pacific No. 1534 didn't survive into preservation, Southern Pacific No. 1518 is still around today and currently resides at the Illinois Railway Museum.