Southern Pacific No. 7544

Southern Pacific No. 7544 was an EMD SD45R locomotive that was built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Southern Pacific Railroad in May 1967.
==History==
Southern Pacific No. 7544 was built in May 1967, and it was delivered to the Southern Pacific Railroad the same year in 1967. Upon being delivered to the Southern Pacific Railroad, it was originally numbered as 8906 and was first built as an EMD SD45, but it was rebuilt into an EMD SD45R due to the massive 20-cylinder engines causing the SD45s to have a very bad fuel mileage and coupled with crankshaft failures where it was renumbered to 7544.
It had lasted into the days of Union Pacific when Southern Pacific and its parent company Rio Grande Industries had merged into Union Pacific.
It would be retired from service on the Union Pacific and was offered to Montana Rail Link (MRL) where it still retained its number #7544. As of 2022, 7544 is currently operational as Cando Contracting Limited #5204.
Category:EMD SD45R
Category:EMD SD45
Category:Southern Pacific locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Diesel locomotives
Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:United States
Category:American locomotives
Category:MRL Locomotives
Category:Preserved diesel locomotives
Category:Union Pacific
Category:Freight locomotives
Category:EMD locomotives
Category:Union Pacific locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:Montana Rail Link
Category:Cando Contracting Limited
Category:Six-axled diesel locomotives
Category:Built in 1967
Category:American diesel locomotives
Category:C-C locomotives
Category:Diesel-electric locomotives