The Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad was an electrified private railroad operating in Northern Arizona, USA within the Navajo Nation which transported coal 78 miles from the Peabody Energy Kayenta
Eastbound train on the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad, May 19, 2007. Note the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (N de M) livery on the locomotives
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The GE E60 is a family of six-axle 6,000 hp C-C electric locomotives made by GE Transportation Systems between 1972 and 1983. The E60s were produced in several variants for both freight and passenger
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad
…supplied by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. During normal operations, the railroad operated three round trips per day. Between 1973 and 1976, six E60C locomotives were purchased new. In 1975, the company took delivery of two Morrison–Knudsen TE70-4S units. The only diesels on the railway would be…
Amtrak E60CH No. 957 on the Northeast Corridor in 1980
Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad E60C No. 6003 in 2010
Ex-Amtrak E60MA No. 603 preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania