Southern Pacific No. 1522

Southern Pacific No. 1522 was an EMD SD7R that was built by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1953.
== History ==
Southern Pacific No. 1522 was built in 1953 and entered service on the Southern Pacific Railroad the same year in 1953, but was first numbered as 5320 where it was classified by the Southern Pacific as a DF-118, it would be renumbered as 2727 and reclassified as ES615-4. In 1965 before it would be renumbered yet again to 1427 in 1974 and retained its classification of ES615-4.
In 1980, it would be rebuilt into what would officially become No. 1522, where it was given the classification of ES615R-1, it would be retired from service in May 1993 and would be sold to Omni-Trax in April 1995. It was sadly scrapped in November 2001.
== Trivia ==
* Although Southern Pacific No. 1522 didn't survive into preservation, Southern Pacific No. 1518 is still around today and currently resides at the Illinois Railway Museum.
== Gallery ==
File:Southern Pacific 1522 at Roseville in November 1992.jpg|Southern Pacific No. 1522 at Roseville in November 1992.
Category:Scrapped locomotives
Category:Southern Pacific locomotives
Category:EMD SD7
Category:EMD SD7R
Category:EMD locomotives
Category:Built in 1953
Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge
Category:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
Category:C-C locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Diesel locomotives
Category:American diesel locomotives
Category:United States
Category:Omni-Trax Locomotives
Category:Scrapped in 2001
Category:Diesel-electric locomotives
Category:Scrapped diesel locomotives