Athearn Genesis: SD60M BNSF Diesel Locomotive

摘要

EMD's SD60 locomotive series are perhaps now best known for being the first platform used to debut EMD's efforts for a standardized North American Safety Cab design to railroads in the United States. Equipped with a new cab design featuring an all-new desktop control stand, increased crew safety, and improved collision resistance and aerodynamics, EMD's North American Safety Cab was first applied to what became EMD's SD60M. Original owners of the EMD SD60M include Conrail, Soo Line, Union Pacific, and Burlington Northern. Among its final motive power purchases, BN acquired 100 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) SD60Ms in the early 1990s. The first 50 (BN 9200-9249) - built at the very end of 1989 and the first part of 1990 - are most easily spotted by their prominent three-pane windshield North American Safety Cab. On this first 50, the number boards and twin headlights are mounted on the unit's nose, and the front windshield includes an rectangular center pane with two larger panes to each side.