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Hi, <br />to the GP-59 I've only ran a couple of 'em and they were NS units on a light train, they did have a somewhat unusual sound to 'em though. The GP-60's were (and are still when maintained) excellent units. Very good for intermodal and autorack trains, accelerate very good, good dynamic brakes. Despite some comments they are also quite good with general manifest traffic, especially in undulating territory where their quick loading keeps the slack off of you. (as opposed to comparable GE's like the Dash 8 40B's, which take forever and a day to load up). Also the 60's, while somewhat slippery, aren't nearly as slippery as the 4 axle GE's, on a heavy train in the rain I would much prefer a set of EMD 60's over 40B's. The M version is probably identical, although like all wide bodies, probably rides rougher than it's standard cab brother. As a SP engineer (now UP) I loved getting a set of 3 or 4 60's on a stack train. Interestingly, if you had some of those Dash 8's behind the 60's they were ok, but put 'em in the lead, and they fought each other all the way, the EMD would shove the GE before it started loading, confusing the wheel slip program on the GE and causing it to load even less. To an EMD in the lead, the GE was just another train car until it started doing it's share of the work. By the way, the whole 60 series is the basis for the 70M's, 70MAC's, and until upgraded (if ever) the UP SD9043MAC's. I think that should say enough about the 60's right there, what with litteraly 1000's of the 60's offspring running around or on order (rumor has it UP is negotiating for 750 more 70M's).
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