#gp60m

[marmarinou]

Sprinting through Joliet by Mike Danneman Via Flickr: Santa Fe’s 165 train speeds through Joliet Union Station led by a fairly new EMD GP60M No. 151 at Joliet, Illinois, on September 2, 1990.

Photo by Mike Danneman

[trainmaniac]

Classic EMD's and a Hawk by lennycarl08 Via Flickr: Rodeo California

[lennycarl08]

Fresh Paint by lennycarl08 Via Flickr: The last time I saw these units, they were still Warbonnets. Today they were on Sunday local duty out of Richmond yard switching the carbon plant at Rodeo.

[thefakeray]

Santa Fe GP60M No. 135 & GP50 No. 3824 At Barstow by emd

[collinthenychudson]

Day 14: EMD GP60M

An EMD GP60 is a 4-axle (B-B) road switcher 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 the rear 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, purchased exclusively by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Units built with a North American Safety Cab were designated GP60M and all purchased by the Santa Fe. 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".

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 100–162 were delivered between May and September 1990

models and Route by: Jointed Rail, Auran, and Download Station