The EMD GP60 is a model of 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1994. [1] The GP60 was EMD's first engine that was classified as a "third-generation" locomotive.

2024年12月16日 · The GP60 is a four-axle road-switcher produced by Electro-Motive between 1985-1994. It is powered by a 16-cylinder, model 710G3A prime mover, capable of producing 3,800 horsepower. The locomotive was the last in the heralded General Purpose series, dating back to the iconic GP7 and GP9 of the postwar era.

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2024年2月12日 · EMDs GP60 model was the last of a series of four-axle locomotives built with ever-increasing horsepower, designed to lead a railroad’s priority trains. Short, fast intermodal trains were perfect for a GP60s 3,800 horsepower V-16 to send 950 horsepower to each axle.

The GP60 is a 3,800 horsepower EMD locomotive built between 1988 and 1993. This locomotive was the last type of B-B locomotive to be produced by EMD. The GP60 was the first 4-axle EMD locomotive to enter the "third generation" as the units sport sophisticated microprocessors.

2010年9月29日 · The GP60 is a four axle, 3,800 HP diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD from 1985 to 1994, and were the first units classified as third-generation locomotives that were equipped with 3 microprocessors that monitored system functions, which reduced the amount of wiring and relays systems.

The EMD (Electro Motive Division) GP60 is a type of four-axle, 16-cylinder, 3,800HP diesel-electric locomotive built from 1985 to 1994, and marked one of the first 3rd-generation diesel locomotives built for the North American market.

2023年12月30日 · The GP60 was introduced in 1985 (near the end of GP40-2 and GP50 production) and featured EMD's new 710 series engine. As a result of the increasing preference for six-axle locomotives that began in the 1970s, the GP60 was EMD's last high-horsepower four-axle unit in a series of visually similar models that started with the GP40 in 1965.

2025年2月9日 · The EMD GP60 is one of the most iconic diesel-electric locomotives produced by Electro-Motive Division (EMD). Built between 1985 and 1992, it was designed for high-speed freight operations and was one of the last locomotives in the legendary GP …

This locomotive was painted in the modified baby-blue warbonnet paint scheme for German shipper Maersk at Santa Fe's Topeka shops. The locomotive was done up this way for a few days of doing photo shoot publicity work for Maersk on Cajon Pass in California.