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{{Infobox Locomotive|

name=Southern Pacific 1518|
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image=SP 1518 20050716 Illinois Railway Museum.JPG|
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caption=1518 in operation at ] in 2005|
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railroad=]|
builder=] (EMD)|
buildmodel=]|
powertype=Diesel|
number=1518|
currentowner=]|
disposition=operates in excursion service|
builddate=March 1952|
deliverydate=October 1952|
railroadclass=DF-116|
numinclass=1|
poweroutput=1500 ]|
length=60 ft 8 in|
gauge={{standard gauge}}|
width=10 ft 8 in|
height=14 ft 1 in|
cylindercount=16|
primemover=645CE|
aarwheels=C-C|
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]'s (SP) number '''1518''' is an ] ]. It was built originally as ]'s (EMD) Demonstrator #990. It was the first SD7 locomotive ever built. It demonstrated on several roads before being sent back to EMD for refurbishing and repainting in SP's "tiger stripe" paint and renumbering as #5308. It was built approx March 1952, acquired by SP October 1952 and was classified in a one only class as DF-116 as it was slightly different to all the other SD7s.

As delivered, it had dual control stands, a steam boiler, a winterization hatch over the forward fan and two single "blat" horns. SP soon added a large "beer barrel" or "trash can" signal light to the top of the short hood; later, SP repainted it in the "black widow" paint scheme. Since it still had dual control stands, the painted wings were applied to both ends. The second control stand was later removed and the rear wings were painted over. SP renumbered the locomotive #2715 in 1965, painted it in the then standard scarlet and gray "bloody nose" paint scheme; later still it was renumbered #1415 when the ] deliveries approached the 27xx numbers.

The locomotive was rebuilt as an SD7R in 1979/1980 and renumbered to #1518. In this rebuild, it lost the single blat horns and winterization hatch. 1518 was the only SD7 to have wings at both ends denoting two control stands for bi-directional operation, similar to the ]-] commute ]s.

1518 was the only SD7 to have a winterization hatch, a feature that was very rare on SP but not unknown - an SP ] or two and the odd ] also had them.

When ] took control of the SP in the mid-1990s, 1518 was sent to the UP's ] in ], to be preserved. Instead, Southern Pacific 1518 was donated to the ] where it currently resides.

== References ==
* http://espee.railfan.net
* Illinois Railway Museum, ''''. Retrieved ] ].


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