Amtrak E60CH No. 957 on the Northeast Corridor in 1980
Type and origin
Power type
Electric
Builder
General Electric
Build date
1972–1983
Total produced
73
Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR
C-C
• UIC
Co′Co′
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter
42 in (1,067 mm) (E60C)
40 in (1,016 mm) (E60CP and E60C-2)
Wheelbase
13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) (E60CP)
Length
63 ft 2 in (19.25 m) (E60C)
70 ft 10+3⁄4 in (21.61 m) (E60C-2)
71 ft 3 in (21.72 m) (E60CP)
Width
10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) (E60CP)
Height
14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) (E60CP)
Loco weight
387,000–426,000 lb (176,000–193,000 kg)
Fuel capacity
500 US gal (1,900 L; 420 imp gal) (E60CP)
Water cap.
4,800 US gal (18,000 L; 4,000 imp gal) (E60CP)
Sandbox cap.
56 cu ft (1.6 m3) (E60CP)
Electric system/s
11 kV 25 Hz AC
12.5 kV 60 Hz AC
25 kV 60 Hz AC
50 kV 60 Hz AC
Current pickup(s)
Pantograph Stone Faiveley
Traction motors
6 × GE 780B (E60C)
6 × GE 752AF (E60C-2)
Transmission
Alternating current fed through multi-voltage transformer to silicon thyristor type rectifiers using phase angle control to provide direct current to six traction motors.
MU working
AAR
Train heating
Steam boiler (E60CP)
HEP (E60CH and E60MA)
Train brakes
Air (schedule 26-L), dynamic[1]
Safety systems
Cab Signal System, ATC
Performance figures
Maximum speed
72–120 mph (116–193 km/h)
Power output
6,000 hp (4.5 MW)
Tractive effort
75,000–125,000 lbf (334–556 kN) (starting)
34,000–82,000 lbf (151–365 kN) (continuous)
Career
Operators
Amtrak
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad
Deseret Power Railroad
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México
Navajo Mine Railroad
New Jersey Transit
Texas Utilities
Locale
Mexico City–Querétaro
Northeast Corridor
Western United States
Retired
1997 (NdeM)
1998 (New Jersey Transit)
2003 (Amtrak)
2011 (Texas Utilities)
2019 (BM&LP)
Disposition
Several in active service, three preserved, rest scrapped
[1]
The GE E60 is a family of six-axle 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) C-C electric locomotives made by GE Transportation Systems (GE) between 1972 and 1983. The E60s were produced in several variants for both freight and passenger use in the United States and Mexico. GE designed the locomotive for use on the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad (BM&LP), a dedicated coal-hauling route in Arizona, which began operation in 1973. That same year GE adapted the design for high-speed passenger service on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The largest customer was Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (NdeM), the state-owned railroad in Mexico, which bought 39 for a new electrification project in the early 1980s.
The E60s were successful in the coal-hauling role. They ran on the BM&LP for decades and remain in use on several mining railroads in the Western United States. The passenger variants failed in their intended role. Problems with the truck design caused derailments above 90 miles per hour (140 km/h), rendering the locomotives unusable for high-speed service. By the end of the 1970s Amtrak abandoned the E60 in favor of EMD AEM-7 locomotives manufactured by Electro-Motive Division. In Mexico, the NdeM's project was delayed into the 1990s, then scrapped after three years of use. Most of the NdeM's electric locomotives never ran and were traded back to GE for diesels. Some were sold to various mining railroads.
^ abGeneral Electric. "Operating Manual – Class E-60CP Thyristor Type Locomotive (Ref: GEJ-5688B)". Bob Kise's Railroad Picture Archives (pdf). p. 1. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
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