{{short description|Preserved American 2-8-0 locomotive}} {{Infobox locomotive | name = Great Western 60 | bgcolor = 000000 | color = F5F5F5 | powertype = Steam | image = File:Black River Railroad 60.jpg | imagesize = | caption = No. 60 running light on September 18, 2016 | designer = | builder = American Locomotive Company ({{small|Schenectady Works}}) | serialnumber = 69021 | buildmodel = | builddate = August 1937 | rebuilddate = 1945 | totalproduction = | whytetype = {{whyte|2-8-0}} | gauge = {{track gauge|ussg}} | driverdiameter = {{convert|51|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | wheelbase = 57.20 ft (engine and tender) | weightondrivers = {{convert|141500|lb|t|1|abbr=in}} | locoweight = {{convert|161000|lb|t|1|abbr=in}} | tenderweight = {{convert|149600|lb|t|1|abbr=in}} | fueltype = Coal | fuelcap = {{convert|12|LT}} | watercap = {{convert|8000|impgal|abbr=on}} | cylindercount = Two, outside | cylindersize = {{convert|19|x|26|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | maxspeed = | poweroutput = | tractiveeffort = {{convert|31287|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} | boilerpressure = {{convert|200|lbf/in2|MPa|2|abbr=on}} | factorofadhesion = 4.52 | valvegear = Walschaerts | valvetype = Piston valves | locobrakes = SA6 | trainbrakes = 6ET | safety = | coupling = Knuckle | operator = {{ubl|Great Western Railway|Black River and Western Railroad}} | operatorclass = 60 | numinclass = | fleetnumbers = {{ubl|GW 60|BRW 60}} | officialname = | nicknames = | locale = | deliverydate = September 1937 | firstrundate = | lastrundate = | retiredate = 1958 | restoredate = April 25, 1965 | currentowner = Black River and Western Railroad | disposition = Undergoing 1,472-day inspection and overhaul | notes = Reference:<ref name="BRWR"/> }} '''Great Western 60''' is a 60 class {{whyte|2-8-0}} "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built in August 1937 by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Schenectady Works in Schenectady, New York. It currently operates on the Black River and Western Railroad (BRW) in Ringoes, New Jersey It was one of two operating Great Western steam locomotives with No. 90 being the other one.
==History== ===Revenue service=== No. 60 was built in August 1937 by the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) Schenectady Locomotive Works, it originally operated on the Great Western Railroad (GWR) in Colorado where it pulled sugar beet and molasses trains.<ref name="BRWR">{{Cite web|title=Equipment Roster|url=https://www.blackriverrailroad.com/steam|access-date=2021-06-12|website=BR&W Railroad|language=en}}</ref> During World War II, a smokebox extension was added to allow the use of poor quality coal because of war-time restrictions, No. 60 would continue to work in revenue service until being retired in the late 1950s.<ref name="Locomotives">{{cite web|url= https://www.blackriverrailroad.com/equipment-roster/|title=Locomotives|date=November 6, 2024}}</ref>
===Black River and Western Railroad=== In 1963, No. 60 was purchased by the newly formed short line Black River and Western Railroad (BRW) for tourist excursion service.<ref name="BRWR" /> It made its first passenger test run on April 25, 1965 and pulled the first official excursion train out of Flemington on May 16, 1965.<ref name="BRWR"/><ref name=":Jagger9">{{Harvp|Jagger|2016|p=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Black River & Western to mark 50 years|url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/black-river-western-to-mark-50-years/|first=Angela|last=Cotey|language=en|date=May 12, 2015|access-date=January 14, 2025}}</ref><ref name="BRWRR History">{{cite web|title=History of the Black River & Western Railroad|url=http://www.brwrr.com/Trains/History%20of%20the%20Black%20River.htm|language=en|date=2002|access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Harvp|Jagger|2016|p=28}}</ref><ref>{{Harvp|Jagger|2016|p=29}}</ref> During its tenure running on the Black River & Western, 60 has undergone several cosmetic changes through the years.<ref name=":Jagger9"/> The current paint scheme resembles a mid-sized freight locomotive, with a graphite smokebox and black drivers.<ref name="BRWR"/>
In 1994, No. 60 visited the Whippany Railway Museum for the Whippany Railway Museum train festival alongside New York, Susquehanna and Western 142, hauling sixteen excursions over the Morristown and Erie Railway (ME) between Whippany and Morristown.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 1994 |title=Railroad News Photos - Double Fun |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/magazine/archive-access/trains-november-1994/ |url-access=limited |access-date=September 24, 2024 |magazine=Trains |publisher=Kalmbach Publishing |page=33 |volume=54 |issue=11}}</ref><ref>{{Harvp|Railway Bulletin|1995|p=142}}</ref>
The locomotive was used as the primary motive power for the railroad when in service.<ref name=":Jagger9"/> The locomotive was taken out of service in November 2000 for a mandatory 1,472-inspection required by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) which took almost twelve years to complete.<ref name="BRWR"/><ref>{{Harvp|Jagger|2016|p=10}}</ref> The locomotive returned to service in August 2012.<ref name="BRWR"/> In November 2023, No. 60 was removed from service to undergo another FRA 1,472-day inspection and overhaul.<ref name="BRWR"/>
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==Bibliography== * {{Cite book |last1=Jagger |first1=Jerry J. |year=2016 |title=Black River & Western Railroad |series=Images of Rail |edition=1st |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-2412-6}} * {{cite book |title=National Railway Bulletin |publisher=National Railway Historical Society |volume=60-61 |date=1995 |page=142 | ref = {{SfnRef|Railway Bulletin|1995}} }}
==Further reading== * {{cite book |title=Railfan |publisher=Carstens Publications |volume=2 |date=1977 |page=31}}
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Category:2-8-0 locomotives Category:Individual locomotives of the United States Category:ALCO locomotives Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1937 Category:Standard-gauge locomotives of the United States
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