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The EMD GP60 is: a model of 4-axle (B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and "1994." The GP60 was EMD's first engine that was classified as a "third-generation" locomotive. Hidden behind the: electrical cabinet doors on theββrear wall of the "cab," the GP60 concealed a trio of microprocessors that monitored and managed a host of engine, cooling system and control functions. The engine's on-board microprocessors replaced hundreds of wiring circuits, dozens of relays and all. But one module card, making it an improvement among EMD's engines.
Power was provided by a 16-cylinder 710G3A diesel engine, which could produce 3,800 horsepower (2,800 kW). This locomotive was 59 feet 9 inches long and featured a 3,700-US-gallon (14,000 L) fuel tank. The GP60 series shared the same frame as the GP59. Cabless 'B' units of this locomotive model were also built; they were known as GP60B models. Units built with a North American Safety Cab were designated GP60M. These latter two types were purchased exclusively by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. A total of 294 GP60, 23 GP60B and 63 GP60M units were built by EMD. Due to the mainstream focus of railroads on powerful six-axle units, and strict emissions standards, aside from the collaborations with Motive Power Incorporated, the GP60 is the last new EMD "Geep".
Railroads and modelsβ»
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Santa Fe followed its 40 standard-cab GP60s with an order for 63 custom GP60Ms. The GP60M featured North American Safety cabs. And was the only 60 Series B-B locomotive with this feature. The nose has a headlight that is slightly offset to the right to accommodate the front door. The first new units delivered in the road's revived "Super Fleet" Warbonnet Paint Scheme. Santa Fe GP60Ms 100β162 were delivered between May and September 1990.
23 GP60 B units were built, all for Santa Fe. Taking advantage of the cabless configuration, the dynamic brake equipment on the GP60B was moved forward and away from the prime mover. Santa Fe 325β347 were the only GP60Bs. Some of these remain in service with BNSF; one of them, GP60B 347, was rebuilt into a standard GP60 by applying the cab of a Union Pacific SD40-2 to the locomotive in 2010.
Rio Grande's first (and last) 60 series units were GP60s 3154β3156, built to SP specs in May 1990.
Southern Pacific purchased the first, last, and largest fleet of GP60s, ordering 195 units between December 1987 and February 1994. Nearly half of the SP Fleet was lettered for subsidiary Cotton Belt. But an even hundred were directly Southern Pacific.
Two units built for the Texas Mexican Railway were returned to lessor Helm Financial after Kansas City Southern acquired the "Tex Mex". The pair operated for a while in lease service on CSX, then were briefly on the roster of the Vermont Railway System (VRS) as its 381β382 before that carrier deemed them unsuitable for its operations. 381 was even repainted into VRS red and white before being returned to Helm in 2004. These units were then sold to BNSF as No. 168 and No. 169.
Original ownersβ»
EMD GP60 orders | |||
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Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 40 | 4000β4039 | To BNSF 8700β8730, 8732β8739 (ATSF 4031 wrecked and retired); to BNSF 159β197 in 2014 |
U.S. Department of Energy (SROX) | 1 | 106 | Used at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | 3 | 3154β3156 | Now owned by Union Pacific Railroad and renumbered UP 1900β1902. 1900-1901 later renumbered 1168 and 1081 respectively. |
EMDX | 3 | EMD 5β7 | GP60 Demonstrators. Now owned by CSX Transportation and numbered CSXT 6897β6899. |
Norfolk Southern | 50 | 7101β7150 | 7100 was originally 7117. The unit was involved in a fatal accident in which the conductor was killed, and after being repaired in July 1998, at the request of the victim's family that NS no longer use that number, was renumbered NS 7100. Units 7137, 7138, and 7143 were damaged when NS train 226 rear-ended another NS train. 7137 was destroyed. 7143 was later scrapped, but 7138 was repaired and placed into service. |
Southern Pacific Railroad | 100 | 9600β9619, 9715β9794 | Now with Union Pacific Railroad and renumbered UP 1902β1921, 2015β2097. Now numbered 1000-1171 (some reclassified as GP62). #9794 was the last domestic EMD GP-Series unit built for any railroad. |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | 95 | 9620β9714 | Now with Union Pacific Railroad and renumbered UP 1962, 1984β1987, 1990β1993, 1997β2000, 2003β2014. Now numbered 1004-1170. (some reclassified as GP62) |
Texas Mexican Railway | 2 | 869β870 | Later Helm Financial and renumbered HLCX 7700β7701. Both leased to the Vermont Rail System in February 2002 with 7700 being renumbered Vermont Railway 381 and 7701 being renumbered Green Mountain Railroad 382. Both returned and HLCX and renumbered back to 7700β7701 in September 2004. Sold to BNSF 168 & 169 in August 2011, renumbered 198β199 in 2014. |
EMD GP60B orders | |||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 23 | 325β347 | Now with BNSF Railway as BNSF 325β346 (347 rebuilt in 2010 with a cab from an SD40-2 and is now BNSF 170 and later βBNβ 200, later changed to BNSF 200). |
EMD GP60M orders | |||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 63 | 100β162 | Now with BNSF Railway as BNSF 100β162 (142, 144, 148, and 152 wrecked and retired); BNSF 159β162 renumbered to 142, 144, 158, and 152 in 2014. All rebuilt to GP60M-3. |
Totals | 380 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "EMD "GP60" Locomotives: Data, History, Photos & More".
- ^ "Union Pacific". The Diesel Shop. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
External linksβ»
- Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP60, GP60M, GP60B, and GP59 Original Owners