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Why Amtrak retired the E60's is for three reasons. (1) the E60's were now electrical and maintance basket cases. I heard from engineers, road foremen car knockers that no two E60's were alike. To kept them on the road the magicians at Wilmington Shops had to jerryrig and fabricate parts whenever they can to keep the fleet on the road. Remember in their last years they were confined to operating between NY and Philly. to virtualy "tow" to the long distance heavyweights to Philly where the Genesis locos took over instead of the traditional engine change point of Washington Union Station and of course the The "Clockers" (2). The performance and relibility of the HHP-8's had finally stabilized. (3) Since NJ Transit is slated to take over the the operation of the Clockers(long distance New York to Philadelphia commuter trains). Amtrak had pressured and got NJ Transit to lend (or lease) some new ALP-46's to Amtrak for Clocker service. So with their successors more or less secure in the E60's old assignments the old girls could now be safely retired. Instead of waitng for one of them to have a very embarrassing electrical fire in the most inconvienent time (rush hour) or (place inside the Hudson River or East River Tubes) . That is the last thing Amtrak needs with a very very hostile administration in power in DC.
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