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The General Electric E60 is a family of C-C electric locomotives built by General Electric for passenger carrier Amtrak as well as the freight-hauling Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad. There are several versions of E60's: E60C, E60CP, E60CH, and E60C-2. 

E60C[]

Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad (BM&LP) ordered 6 E60C's between 1972 and 1976 to transport coal 78 miles from the Black Mesa Mine to the Navajo Generating Station power plant. These E60C's have only single cabs and single pantographs. These units except one E60C have been replaced by Ex-FNM E60C-2's.

E60CP and E60CH[]

Amtrak ordered 26 E60's between 1974 and 1976. The E60's were 7 E60CP units with steam generators for older passenger equipment, and 19 E60CH units with newer HEP generators for the new Amfleet equipment. They also have dual cab at each end, similar to many European locomotive models.

E60C-2[]

NdeM ordered 39 E60C-2 locomotives, built between September 1982 and December 1983. All of the E60C-2s have been offered for sale, and 22 of them were sold back to GE for more GE AC4400CWs. Three E60C-2s were sold to Texas UtilitiesBM&LP acquired 8 E60C-2s 6 are in service to replace all but one of their own aging E60Cs. The Deseret-Western Railway, now Deseret Power Railway has two original, and five former NdeM units as well.[1]

Gallery[]

List of Electric locomotives that were built by General Electric.
Direct Current (DC) Electrics (Bipolar motors): New York Central S-MotorNew York Central T-MotorMILW EP-2 “Bi-polar”
Direct Current (DC) Electrics: Canadian National Class Z-1-aJNR ED11 [ja]JNR ED14 [ja]MILW EF-1 / EP-1MILW ES-1MILW ES-2GE 289A BoxcabMexican Railway BoxcabsNew York Central P-MotorNew York Central Q-MotorNew York Central R-MotorCUT P1-aTri-power boxcabNew York Central R-2Paulista Railway 2-C+C-2“Little Joe”CN Centercab ElectricNew Jersy Transit E-10
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics: New Haven EP3Pennsylvania Railroad Class P5aPennsylvania Railroad Class GG1New Haven EP4New Haven EF3aPennsylvania Railroad Class E2b
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (3 phase): Great Northern Railway boxcab
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (motor generator): New Haven EF2New Haven EY3Great Northern Y-1/Pennsylvania Railroad Class FF2Great Northern W-1Virginian EL-2B
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (Ignitron Rectifier): New Haven EP-5Virginian EL-C/New Haven EF-4/Penn Central E33Pennsylvania Railroad Class E44Virginian Railway EL-2B
Alternating Current (AC) Electrics (Ignitron Rectifier): E50CE60CE60CH/E60CP/E60MAE25BE60C-2
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