Last E60C

[Martin Baumann]

According to EXTRA 2200 SOUTH Issue 93 in August 1991 there were only two left running, 958 and 960. When was the last revenue run and on what line?

[Ken W2KB]

According to EXTRA 2200 SOUTH Issue 93 in August 1991 there were only two left running, 958 and 960. When was the last revenue run and on what line?

958 is in the URHS collection, stored at Boonton, NJ. http://urhs.org/blog/urhs-equipment-roster/#njt-958

[Backshophoss]

The E60's ran between NY Penn and S. Amboy ,possibly to Long Branch(end of wire at that time) on the North Jersey Coast Line,
aka the New York and Long Branch,the former joint PRR+CNJ operation

[BigDell]

Still my favorite "quirky" motor. Is this one still in PA?
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For some reason I really liked these. They never had a "Last run of the E60C" (in original Amtrak colors, we'd joke). I should dig up the old photos at some point.

[TrainPhotos]

Still my favorite "quirky" motor. Is this one still in PA?
http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/about/roster/e60.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

For some reason I really liked these. They never had a "Last run of the E60C" (in original Amtrak colors, we'd joke). I should dig up the old photos at some point.

For some reason I can't get excited about these screaming, wobbly, overweight, rectangular blocks of a locomotive.

The toasters had more personality in my opinion.

[Backshophoss]

Amtk 603 is at the RR museum of PA,stored out in the weather,showing rust streaks on the sides,where the "planned"
Building extension is/was to be built on.

[Matt Johnson]

The E60's ran between NY Penn and S. Amboy ,possibly to Long Branch(end of wire at that time) on the North Jersey Coast Line,
aka the New York and Long Branch,the former joint PRR+CNJ operation

Definitely to Long Branch after electrified service started in '88. I used to see 'em come through Hazlet all the time on weekday rush hour trains. As far as I could tell, they were never used in local off-peak service though.

[cobra30689]

I'm not sure exactly when the last run was, but I'm pretty sure it was close to the time when NJT upped the catenary voltage from the phase gap at Matawan to LB from 12kv to today's 25kv. The E60's couldn't negotiate the voltage change, and of course neither could the Arrow's....thus their demise west of Matawan as well.

[ChrisU]

It couldn't have been around the voltage change because Arrows ran to Long Branch until 2005.

[Backshophoss]

The E-60's had manual taps on their Main Transformer,Like the Arrows,required a trip to the shop to change them
to 25 kv,60 hz wire.

[Ken S.]

I think they were pulled from passenger service when the first batch of ALP44s arrived. They spend most of the 1990s stored on the General Box siding in Denville.

[jackintosh11]

Why was the coast line south of Matawan changed to 25v 60kHz? Seems kinda pointless to me

[Backshophoss]

It's possible that the Matawan extension was a bit too much for Amtrak's distrubution network,better off
getting commerical power off the grid.

[BigDell]

Found an old VHS tape with NJT 962 pulling a string Westbound through North Rahway. I LOVED that spot (one of my faves) when the old "station" (it was really just a drop-off spot for Mercks at one time) still had access with stairs. It's a nice video, 962 coming from the distance and running through toward the shore, I'm guessing. It's sandwiched in between a CR GP38 switching locally, it passed me coming from Linden and headed west, then cut back and went down into the spur on the west side of the NEC that ran behind "North Rahway Station" and into those woods. Funny to see it disappearing into the brush. I'll post the whole sequence after I transfer it to the big Mac and upload.
I'm still fond of these motors. Illogical, but then that's what it's all about.

[kilroy]

I'm with you Big D. I spent a lot of time at North Rahway in high school photographing the NEC. Lots of G's, real Metroliners and even the E-60's.