SP #1518 inside Barn 9 at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois on May 27, 2023. The EMD SD7 is a model of 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive …

Three rebuilt SD7s (SP 1514, SP 1542, and SP 1518) were the power for the recently arrived Anaheim Hauler. SP 1518 started out as EMD Demo 990, the prototype EMD six motor road …

Southern Pacific 1518 is the first SD-series (Special Duty) “road switcher” freight locomotive ever built. It was constructed at the EMD plant in LaGrange as prototype, or demonstrator, number …

SP #1518 was built originally as EMD Demonstrator #990. It demonstrated on several roads before being sent back to EMD for refurbishing and repainting in SP Tiger Stripe paint and …

Southern Pacific 1518 is an EMD SD7 / EMD SD7R and was the first ever SD (Special Duty) series diesel locomotive, originally built in May 1951 as General Motors Electro-Motive …

The Southern Pacific (reporting mark SP) (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western …

Pictures of SP 1518 : Owner: Southern Pacific: Model: Rebuilt EMD SD7R: Built As: SP 5308 (SD7) Serial Number: 15624: Order No: 7512: Frame Number: 7512-1: Built: 5/1952: Notes: …

#1518; Photographer: John Kemp; Description: at the Illinois Railway Museum; First - Previous - Next - Last. Return to The first EMD SD7. Prototype image of SP SD7 #1518/Richard …

With the discussion of SD7 demonstraters below, I figured I'd share these shots of former demonstrator SP 1518. By this date, it'd been retired and was being held in Cheyenne for …

Renumbered 1768 in 1965. Ex UP, nee GEX, to NREX.