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| ]'s 1518 is an ] ]. It was built originally as ElectroMotive Division (])'s Demonstrator #990. It was the first SD7 locomotive ever built. It demonstrated on several roads before being sent back to EMD for | ]'s 1518 is an ] ]. It was built originally as ElectroMotive Division (])'s 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 Tiger Stripe paint and renumbering #5308. It was built approx March 1952, acquired by SP October 1952 and was | refurbishing and repainting in SP Tiger Stripe paint and renumbering #5308. It was built approx March 1952, acquired by SP October 1952 and was | ||
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Southern Pacific's 1518 is an EMD SD7 diesel locomotive. It was built originally as ElectroMotive Division (EMD)'s 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 Tiger Stripe paint and renumbering #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 SD7's.
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 repainted in the Black Widow paint sceme still with dual control stands, so had wings at both ends. The second control stand later removed and rear wings painted over. Later renumbered #2715 in 1965, painted in Scarlet and Gray, later still renumbered #1415 when the EMD SW1500 deliveries approached the 27xx numbers.
Rebuilt as an SD7R in 1979/1980 and renumbered to #1518 it lost the single blat horns and winterization hatch. Was the only SD7 to have wings at both ends denoting two control stands for bi-directional operation - similar to the San Francisco-San Jose, California commute EMD GP9's.
1518 was the only SD7 to have a winterization hatch - very rare on SP but not unknown, an EMD F7 or two and the odd EMD GP20 had them.
When the Union Pacific took control of the SP in the mid-1990's, 1518 was sent to the UP's roundhouse in Cheyenne, Wyoming to be preserved, but instead, Southern Pacific 1518 was donated to the Illonois State Railroad Museum where it currently resides.