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| 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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| builder=] (EMD) |
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| powertype=Diesel |
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| fleetnumbers= 5308, 2715, 1415, 1518 |
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| disposition=operates in ] |
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| builddate=May 1951 |
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| deliverydate=October 1952 |
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| operatorclass=DF-116 |
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| poweroutput={{convert|1500|hp|abbr=on|lk=in}} |
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| length={{convert|60|ft|8|in|abbr=on}} |
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| gauge={{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}} |
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| width={{convert|10|ft|8|in|abbr=on}} |
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| height={{convert|14|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} |
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]'s (SP) number '''1518''' is an ], and was the first ever SD series ], originally built in May 1951 as ]'s (EMD) prototype Demonstrator #990.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Illinois Railway Museum| url=http://www.irm.org/cgi-bin/rsearch.cgi?diesel=Southern+Pacific=1518| title=IRM Roster - Southern Pacific 1518| accessdate=2008-06-27}}</ref> Its road number 990 was in reference to EMD Engineering Department's project number 15990. It successfully completed numerous demonstration tours for EMD on several railroads before being sold to Southern Pacific on 10/10/52, when it was returned to EMD's LaGrange, IL shops to be refurbished, repainted in SP's gloss orange on black "]" paint, and renumbered to 5308. |
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When 5308 was delivered to SP shortly thereafter, it was slightly different from all other SD7s in that it was their only SD7 to have dual control stands, a winterization hatch over its forward fan (a rare, early feature for SP at that time, but not entirely unbeknownst to them: several of their ]s and the odd ] also had them), and two single A-200 "blat" horns mounted directly behind the cab atop the roof of the long hood. SP also added a steam generator inside the short hood, and a large "beer barrel" or "trash can" Mars signal light above the headlight on the front of the short hood. As a result of its unique singularity, SP classified 5308 into its own single-unit class, DF-116. SP 5308 entered service at Ogden, UT and was immediately sent to work on SP subsidiary ] alongside SP's other SD7s on 10/23/52, less than two full weeks after ownership had transferred from EMD to SP. |
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In the mid-1950s, SP repainted it in their famous "Black Widow" paint scheme, and then, c. 1959, into their ubiquitous scarlet and grey "Bloody Nose" scheme, in which it remains to current day. Since it still had its unique original dual control stands, it was SP's only SD7 to ever have feathers painted onto both hood ends, denoting the two control stands for bi-directional operation, similar to their ]-] commute ]s. |
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In 1965, SP renumbered the locomotive to 2715, replaced the two A-200 horns with a Nathan P3 on the right side, a Nathan M5 on the left side, and the large front Mars signal light with an end-mounted Pyle National sealed-beam Gyralight. |
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In the early 1970s, although it retained its dual control stands, it was repainted without its one-of-a-kind rear feather, and in 1/74, when SP's ] deliveries' road numbers approached the 27##s, they again renumbered it, this time, to 1415. |
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In 1980, the locomotive was rebuilt at the Sacramento General Shops as an SD7R, renumbered to its final 1518, and released for service on 2/5/80. In this rebuild, it also lost its singularly unique winterization hatch, and dual control stands and horns. |
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Remaining in service after the September 1996 merger between the Southern Pacific Railroad and ], 1518 was retired on 5/5/97, and sent to the UP's ] in ], to be preserved. After spending time in storage, Southern Pacific 1518 was donated in April 2003 to the ] where it currently resides in operable condition. |
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