Southern Pacific Classes EF618E-1, EF618R-1 and EF618E-2

The Southern Pacific Classes EF618E-1, EF618R-1 and EF618E-2 were a series of EMD SD9 diesel locomotives built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Southern Pacific Railroad between 1954 and 1956.
==History==
Between 1954 and 1956, the Southern Pacific Railroad began ordering EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives from the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for Maintenance of Way services (MoW), switching duties in yards, freight runs and even their own passenger trains.
In all, a total of 144 EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives were purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad, with some of them being numbered in a 5300 sequence to a 5400 sequence and classified as DF-120, DF-121, DF-122 and DF-125 locomotives. Then in 1965 they would all be renumbered to a 3800 sequence to a 3900 sequence and reclassified as EF618-1, EF618-2, EF618-3 and EF618-5 locomotives.
Between 1971 and 1976, Southern Pacific Railroad had rebuilt all of their EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives under Southern Pacific's R8 to GRIP programs, which resulted in all of them being renumbered 4300-4441 and two of them being numbered 4450 and 4451, with locomotives Nos. 4300-4441 being classified as EF618E-1 and EF618R-1, and the two other SD9 "Cadillac" locomotives Nos. 4450 and 4451 being classified as EF618E-2.
== Preservation ==
In all, some members of the three classes of EMD SD9 "Cadillac" diesel locomotives have survived into the preservation era. But out of all of them, two (formerly three) have been preserved in their Southern Pacific forms.
* Southern Pacific #4451 "Puff" - Formerly #5353, #5339 and #3800, is currently stored in derelict condition at Schellville, California.
* Southern Pacific #5472 - Formerly #4423 and #3946, has been restored cosmetically and mechanically to operational condition as No. 5472 and is operational at the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, California.
There was a third example that was preserved, which was Southern Pacific #4450 "Huff" (formerly #5363 and later #3822), which was given to the Golden Gate Railroad Museum also in California.Golden Gate Railroad Museum - Cadillac SD9 #4450 Arrives at Museum (archive.org) But it was then sold to the Feather River Rail Society where it would be transferred to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California, where it stayed there for a couple of years when it was eventually declared surplus to the WPRM's collection and in August 2013 was ultimately scrapped due to its poor condition and lack of alignment control couplers.
== Stock list ==
===EF618E-1 and EF618R-1===
Photograph	Unit No.	1965 No.	Original No.	Build date 	Manufacturer 	Classification(s)	Operator(s) 	Status 	Notes
 	4300 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4301 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4302 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4303 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4304 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4305 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4306 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4307 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4308 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4309 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4310 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4311 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4312 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4313 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4314 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4315 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4316 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4317 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4318 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4319 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4320 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4321 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4322 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4323 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4324 	3813 	5352 	April 1954 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	In Northwestern Pacific Railroad livery as CRGX #100 of March 6, 2023. 	
 	4325 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4326 	3819 	5360 	April 1954 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Operational as PNWR #1851 	Willamette & Pacific Railroad (trainweb.org)
 	4327 	3856 	5378 	January 1955	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Still in Northwestern Pacific Railroad livery as of February 1, 2014. 	
 	4328 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4329 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4330 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4331 	3855 	5377 	1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-121 (1955-1965) 
EF618-2 (1965-1971) 
EF618E-1 (1971–present)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4332 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4333 	3866 	5388 	1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) 
EF618-3 (1965-1971) 
EF618E-1 (1971-1995)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4334 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4335 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4336 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4337 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4338 	3876 	5398 	1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) 
EF618-3 (1965-1971) 
EF618E-1 (1971-1997)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Under ownership of National Railway Equipment 	
 	4339 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4340 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4341 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4342 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4343 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4344 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4345 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4346 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4347 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4348 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4349 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4350 	3885 	5407 	1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) 
EF618-3 (1965-1971) 
EF618E-1 (1971-1991)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Scrapped in 1991 	
 	4351 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4352 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4353 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4354 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4355 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4356 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4357 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4358 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4359 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4360 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4361 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4362 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4363 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4364 	3877 	5399 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Willamette Valley Railway	Under ownership of George Lavacot 	
 	4365 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4366 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4367 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4368 	3903 	5425 	April 1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4369 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4370 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4371 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4372 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4373 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4374 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4375 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4376 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4377 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4378 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4379 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4380 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4381 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4382 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4383 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4384 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4385 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4386 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4387 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4388 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4389 	3891 	5413 	1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) 
EF618-3 (1965-May 1974) 
EF618E-1 (May 1974 – 1995)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4390 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4391 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4392 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4393 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4394 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4395 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4396 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4397 	3916 	5438 	May 1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Operational as PNWR #1852 	Willamette & Pacific Railroad (trainweb.org)
 	4398 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4399 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4400 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4401 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4402 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4403 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4404 	3906 	5428 	April 1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Western Pacific Railroad Museum 
Western Rail Inc.	Operational by Western Rail Inc. 	
 	4405 	3899 	5421 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4406 	3896 	5418 	April 1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4407 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4408 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4409 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4410 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4411 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4412 	3830 	5371 	1954 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-120 (1954-1965) 
EF618-1 (1965-1971) 
EF618E-1 (1971-1996)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4413 	3878 	5400 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Willamette Valley Railway	Unknown 	
 	4414 	3962 	5489 	April 1956 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Scrapped in October 2010 	
 	4415 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4416 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4417 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4418 	3910 	5432 	1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-122 (1955-1965) 
EF618-3 (1965-1976) 
EF618E-1 (1976-1996)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4419 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4420 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4421 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
150x150px 	4422 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4423 	3946 	5472 	1956 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-125 (1954-1965) 
EF618-5 (1965-1977) 
EF618R-1 (1977–present)	Southern Pacific Railroad	Operational at the Niles Canyon Railway 	
 	4424 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4425 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4426 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Nevada Northern Railway Museum	Operational at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum as Nevada Northern #204 	
 	4427 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4428 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4429 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4430 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4431 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4432 	3888 	5410 	April 1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4433 	3904 	5426 	1955 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Willamette Valley Railway 
Portland and Western Railroad	Under ownership of the Portland and Western Railroad where it has been renumbered as PNWR #1854	
 	4434 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4435 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4436 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4437 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4438 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4439 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4440 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
 	4441 	- 	- 	- 	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	- 	Southern Pacific Railroad	Unknown 	
===EF618E-2===
Photograph	Unit No.	Nickname(s)	1965 No.	Original No. 	Build date	Manufacturer 	Classification(s)	Operator(s)	Status 	Notes
 	4450 	Huff 	3822 	5363 (1954-1965)	April 1954	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-120 (1954-1965) 
EF618-1 (1965-1974)
EF618E-2 (1974–present)	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Golden Gate Railroad Museum
Western Pacific Railroad Museum	Scrapped in August 2013 	
150x150px 	4451 	Puff 	3800 	5353 (1954-1961) 
5339 (1961-1965)	April 1954	Electro-Motive Division (EMD)	DF-120 (1954-1965) 
EF618-1 (1965-1974)
EF618E-2 (1974–present)	Southern Pacific Railroad 
Northwestern Pacific Railroad	Stored in derelict condition at Schellville, California	
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