Southern Pacific Class ES615R-1

The Southern Pacific Class ES615R-1 was a class of 43 EMD SD7 diesel locomotives built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Southern Pacific Railroad between 1951 and 1953.
==History==
Between 1951 and 1953, the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) had been built 43 EMD SD7 diesel locomotives for the Southern Pacific Railroad between 1951 and 1953, when these locomotives arrived on the Southern Pacific Railroad after they were constructed by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD), they were first numbered as 5279-5293 and 5308-5335 respectively, but in 1965, they would all be renumbered to 2700-2742 respectively, in 1974, all 43 would be renumbered again this time they were renumbered to 1400-1442.
Between 1979 and 1980, the Southern Pacific Railroad had introduced their General Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (G.R.I.P) process following the success of the Illinois Central Railroad's and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe)'s Rebuild programs. This resulted in all 43 SD7s being rebuilt into SD7Rs with the R denoting they were rebuilds.
The entire class was retired from active service during the final days of the Southern Pacific before Southern Pacific along with its parent company Rio Grande Industries would merge to Union Pacific.
==Stock list==
Photograph	Unit No.	First No.	1965 No.	1974 No.	Build date 	Status 	Scrapped 	Notes
Frameless 	1500 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1501 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1502 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1503 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1504 	5319 	2726 	1426 	August 1953 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1505 	5310 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1506 	5332 	2739 	1439 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1507 	5313 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1508 	5314 	2721 	1421 	July 1953 	Sold to the National Railway Equipment Company on April 28, 1997. 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1509 	5326 	2733 	1433 	1953 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1510 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1511 	5309 	2716 	1416 	1953 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1512 	5315 	2722 	1422 	July 1953 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1513 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1514 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1515 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1516 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
150x150px 	1517 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1518 	5308 	2715 	1415 	May 1951 	Preserved, Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum. 	Never scrapped	EMD SD7 Demonstrator unit #990
Frameless 	1519 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1520 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1521 	5316 	- 	- 	- 	Scrapped 	Unknown 	EMD SD7 Demonstrator unit #660
 	1522 	5320 	2727 	1427 	1953 	Scrapped 	November 2001 	
Frameless 	1523 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1524 	5325 	- 	- 	September 1953	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1525 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1526 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1527 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
150x150px 	1528 	5335 	2742 	1442 	1953 	Scrapped 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1529 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	EMD SD7E
150x150px 	1530 	5280 	2701 	1401 	November 1952 	Preserved, Operational at the Portland & Western Railroad, now numbered as PNWR #1501	Never scrapped	Willamette & Pacific Railroad (trainweb.org)
Frameless 	1531 	5286 	2707 	1407 	1953 	Scrapped 	1998 	
Frameless 	1532 	5288 	2709 	1409 	January 1953 	Scrapped 	December 2009 	
Frameless 	1533 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
 	1534 	5290 	2711 	1411 	1953 	Scrapped 	Unknown 	
 	1535 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Scrapped 	Post-1996 	Scrapped at West Colton.
150x150px 	1536 	5287 	2708 	1408 	April 1952 	Unknown 	Unknown 	Caught fire at Pomona in September 1991.
 	1537 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	Photographed at a scrap-line at West Colton in 1996.
Frameless 	1538 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
Frameless 	1539 	5279 	2700 	1400 	1952 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
150x150px 	1540 	5316 	2723 	1423 	Aug 1953 	Scrapped 	November 1997 	Scrapped by Metro East Industries, East St. Louis, Ill., in November 1997.
Frameless 	1541 	5334 	2741 	1441 	1953 	Still in service by LOCX. 	Never scrapped	Rebuilt as a Low-hood unit after being sold off
Frameless 	1542 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Unknown 	Unknown 	
== Gallery ==
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== References ==
* http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/1400.html
* http://www.ssloan.net/trains/sp/2690.html
* http://espee.railfan.net/spsd07.html
* http://espee.railfan.net/spsd07r.html
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