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.

2025年2月26日 · The General Electric-built E60 was the first new electric locomotive design built in the post-Amtrak era when the private freight railroads no longer operated passenger trains.

GE提出了 E60C 的设计，这是一款六轴重载货运电力机车： 车长19.25m，重193t， 最高设计速度 72mph（116km/h），额定功率 6000hp（4500kw），启动牵引力556kN，持续牵引力343kN，交-直传动，AAR轴式 C-C。

1972年，为替换老旧的GG1机车，美铁从通用电气购买了26台新型电力机车，也就是GE-E60。 这种机车用于高速客运服务，原计划运行速度为每小时192千米，但由于轴重过重，高速运行容易损坏线路，因此只能限速每小时137公里运行。

2023年4月1日 · Amtrak E60 locomotives are an important bridge for Northeast Corridor electric railroading between the GG1s of the 1930s and 1940s to the AEM-7 and HHP-8 locomotives of the 1980s and early 2000s. General Electric developed the E60 C-C or six-axle locomotives at its Erie, Pa., plant in the early 1970s.

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.

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.

For the new Amtrak locomotives, GE simply adapted the existing E60C design to passenger service, with several changes: the bodyshell was lenghtened from 63,2ft (19,5m) to 71,3 ft (21,7m) to fit a second, rear cab, the maximium speed was increased from 72mph to 120mph (193Km/h) and the locomotive was made overall lighter, with the total weight ...

2017年8月19日 · The highly anticipated GE E60 edition of Engines of Amtrak is finally here! Today I discuss the General Electric E60, the first new electric locomotive built post-Amtrak era in the United...

2025年1月20日 · An electric locomotive developed by GE in the United States . At first, it was a locomotive for traction of cargo of BM&LP, but later, through a derivative type, a type for traction of passengers also appeared.