E60C Electric Locomotives For the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad

A new 50-kV 60-Hz electric locomotive haeen designed to meet American railroad standards and requirements. This new locomotive has been designated the E6OC, with a nominal rating of 6000 equivalent diesel horsepower (4500 kW). Many of the design features of the locomotive are described. In order to operate 125 km (78 mi) from the substation, provisions were made in the locomotive circuits for operation at line voltages as low as 50 percent of nominal.