At sunset, a pair of SP SD7s switch cars near the middle of huge Roseville Yard. SP's SD7s had a marvelously successful career, having been built in 1951, and surviving to the very end of SP's exi... (more)

SP 1518 rests at IRM.

Conrail only had 2. The PRR bought 2 customized SD7 units for the 5.98% Madison Hill line in Indiana. The 2 survived into the Conrail era and were eventually assigned to yard/local servic... (more)

Thank goodness for railway museums and their ability to keep and show locomotives that would otherwise be lost to the scrappers torch. SP 1518, the first SD7 built, pulls a short freight at Diesel... (more)

Great Northern Railway EMD SD7 564 (550-572). Photo from my collection, no photographer listed on slide.

After a long, productive career, five members of SP's fleet of SD7s sit quietly in the yard awaiting disposition.

Union Pacific EMD SD7 457, GP9-B 195 and SD40 3060 at Hermosa, Wyoming; April 1967. No photographer listed on slide.

The Heart of the Hartwell looks more like a scrapyard next to a defunct railroad that would be incredibly awesome to see any train traverse the rails. This is located on their original line betwee... (more)

Portland & Western SD7 1501 works the yard in Albany, Ore., as Amtrak heads north, approaching its Albany station stop.

DSRC 512 is the east-facing engine in a line up of power (and a plow) holding the main line at Chamberlin, SD.

DSRC 512 is the east-facing engine in a line up of power (and a snow plow) holding the main line at Chamberlin, SD.

SAGINAW TX March 14 1981 — BN SD7 6087 (sub-letterd for Fort Worth & Denver) awaits an assignment. EMD built the unit as FW&D 857 in July 1953. Upon the BN merger it was renumbered BN 6087 and g... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Nevada Northern 401 is a rare locomotive indeed as she was the only SD7 ever purchased new by a shortline railroad. The 401 is still in her original paint scheme after all these years and will ho... (more)

SP power for its Kentucky House Branch, Ione Branch, and local switching duties sits in the small engine facility just east of the main line in Lodi.