EMD built 54 1,800 hp SD18 locomotives, built for Bessemer & Lake Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & Illinois Midland, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, and Reserve Mining. They were constructed with ... (more)

Recently delivered SD18 to Mead, NE.

Led by Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD18 No. 185, a Missabe taconite ore train rolls southbound toward the docks on Lake Superior just south of Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 21, 1991.

DM&IR SD38-2 215 and SDM 193 pose for photos at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

DMIR 186 (rebuilt as a SD-M from a SD18) brings a loaded ore train across the Whiteface River near Kelsey, MN in September of 1987. This unit was saved and currently resides at a grain elevator in... (more)

Located alongside the Norfolk Southern yard in Mingo Junction, Ohio, HiCrush Sands operates a sand transloading facility to unload railcars and fill trucks. A former Indiana Midland Railroad SD18,... (more)

South Branch Valley Railroad 182 waits for more repair work to be done at their diesel shops in Moorefield, West Virginia. Photo taken with permission wearing all required safety gear.

WRIX 1229 sits outside the grain elevator in Bloomington Illinois while hazy wild fire skies settle in over the Midwest

DMIR 193 rests for the winter at LSRM, awaiting the start of the 2023 operating season.

DMIR 181 is one of 16 SD18s delivered to DM&IR in April 1960. These locomotives spelled the end of mainline steam on the railroad. EMD's SD series are among rail enthusiasts' favorite locomotives,... (more)

Chicago & North Western EMD SD18 No. 6633 shows off its new paint job at the railroad’s Proviso Yard locomotive facility at Proviso, Illinois on the morning of March 15, 1992. C&NW acquired a gr... (more)

DMIR 176 grinds up Proctor Hill with an empty ore train in September of 1987. Much has changed here over the years. The DMIR is now the CN, the line has been single tracked, and a hotel resides in... (more)

Chicago & Illinois Midland EMD SD18 No. 60 sits in repose for the night in September 1984 at the railroad’s locomotive shop in Springfield, Illinois. C&IM owned two low nose SD18s, Nos. 60 and 6... (more)

The Two Harbors turn heads over a small trestle in Palmers as they head north to Two Harbors on a haze’ and humid morning.

Some of the awesome variety of beautifully preserved/restored equipment the NSSR boasts can be seen strung out on the passing track at the Two Harbors depot.