These General Electric locomotive are still running on the Black Mesa & Lake Powell RR. It's a coal line that was built in 1970. They are still running today. Wouldn't a O scale model of them make for a nice coal train. Love the red, white and blue paint job. Don
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Nice to see them again. They stopped running in the Philly area sometime ago. Use to see them on the main line thru philly to Harrisburg.
Deseret Western also runs these E-60 for hauling coal from the mine to a power plant in a captive railroad in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado that has no connection to any other railroad. They also bought some of the E-60 that GE built for Mexico. I read online that it is one of the 2 railways in the world where the catenary is energized to 50 KV. Most of the current electric trains, including the high-speed trains are typically powered by 25 KV catenary.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/...naJft4-appHC3-ncNWTA
How did they get the motors and cars onto the property if they do not interchange with any other railways? Big trucks?
Yes, I read on another website that the locomotives & the Johnston America coal hoppers had to be transported by rail to the closest railroad line at Craig, CO. Then they were loaded on heavy-haulage road trucks / trailers & transported to the site. There were also rumors of 1 trailer with the E-60 rolling away resulting in damage to the trailer / bridge.
More than the isolated nature of Deseret Western & the impressive paint scheme, the main reason I keep following this railroad is because of the 50 KV electrified catenary. The only other place in the world that has this high voltage on an electrified line is the Sishen to Saldahna iron ore line on the western part of South Africa.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
The Williams E60 was originally offered as a kit that used Modern era Lionel Geep trucks. It could be built as a single motor or double motor engine.
It was the first original "O" gauge locomotive they made.
How did they get the motors and cars onto the property if they do not interchange with any other railways? Big trucks?
If they can move one of these:
Moving a chooch is a piece of cake:
Rusty
Aloha Don,
Nice looking engines.
Came across this old image on Railpictures.net showing how they moved locomotives to the Deseret Western since they were not connected to any other railroad.
http://www.railpictures.net/vi...d=83250&nseq=211
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
naveenraran,
Yesireee! Brings back many memories. Many years before, I was employed in "Heavy-Haul" in 17 Western States. My Goodness!, Thank you for the post.
God Bless,
"Pappy"
Found this YouTube video, from another photo link of the Power Company that uses these GE E60 locomotives on Railpictures.net
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
C W Burfle posted:The Williams E60 was originally offered as a kit that used Modern era Lionel Geep trucks. It could be built as a single motor or double motor engine.
It was the first original "O" gauge locomotive they made.
I have both an old Williams kit version and a more recent Williams production version... I will post comparison pics when time allows
PRRHORSESHOECURVE (that is one long handle):
One other E60CH originally built for Amtrak has been preserved. The 958 which was subsequently acquired by NJ Transit is in the collection of the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. The attached picture was taken at South Amboy in October of 1983.
Bob
The Deseret Western locomotives went by rail to Rifle, CO (not Craig), where they were loaded on trucks. The BM&LP engines probably went to Flagstaff by rail, and then by truck along the highway to Page, AZ.
Here's a link to Utah Rails article about Deseret Western: http://utahrails.net/utahrails/deseret-western.php
One thing to note is that the former Mexican E60s are different in appearance from the E60CH and CP of Amtrak heritage. Designated E60-C2, the nose is different and the window configuration as well. There are other changes as well from the Amtrak GE design. I was lucky to catch a full train of the Original BM&LP E60Cs in the early 90's while traveling for a climbing trip in SE Colorado. I don't believe any of the original E60Cs are in service at this time.
I have several of the Williams shortened versions. However, I was able to find a kitbashed to scale length shell painted in NJ paint. It needs work to make it credible and a chassis. A project for another day.
That's interesting. The GMD GF6C (EMD in Canada) Tumbler Ridge electric locomotives that ran in British Columbia have all been scrapped save one which rests as a museum piece :
HO scale models have been built with SD45 chassis and F40 body parts. An O gauge one is one of my back-of-the-mind projects.
PS: Slight memory flash - I think the internal electrics were the same as the better-known AEM-7.
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