DP posted:The GE-60s were an initial experiment by Amtrak, I believe. They had plenty of power but were lacking in some way, of which I no not. I used to take my daughter down to 30th Street Station and photograph the engine facility from the parking deck. That was about the time that the AEM-7s were not on the scene yet.
The E60CP (later E60CH after rebuilding with head-end-power) was a freight locomotive shoehorned into a passenger package. It had problems with its trucks hunting at high speeds (that is, the trucks would oscillate back and forth between the railheads, gaining sideways momentum that if not interrupted could lead to derailment).
I thought about the Atlas (or MTH) AEM7 pantographs as upgrades, but was concerned about being able to get enough of them, as I also have six Williams Metroliners using the same sheet-metal pans that I'd like to replace as well. Any issues getting seven pairs of these?
---PCJ
