AMTRAK E60 603hey dude the E60 will be alive soon I'll start making my own.
You shoulod consider modifying or swapping out the trucks to something more capable of modern NEC speed -- neither the original or the 'revised' trucks were really much good even at 80mph. Dave Goding, who posts here as bogie engineer, can give you pointers on what to do; it would be nice if you could PM him, but apparently no one is paying Kalmbach IT for anything regarding this forum any more.
Supect that changing to P-42s at Harrisburg would be a maintenance nightmare. Based P-42s would have to be deadheaded back to PHL for anything more than routine checks. As well to guarantee reliability to PA state would need a standby loco to cover assigned loco station failure.
If the 2nd Pitt train start still would be better to not to base P-42s in HAR.
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