The GE E60 is a family of six-axle 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) C-C electric locomotives made by GE Transportation Systems (GE) between 1972 and 1983. The E60s were produced in several variants for both freight and passenger use in the United States and Mexico. GE designed the locomotive for use on the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad (BM&LP), a dedicated coal-hauling route in Arizona, which began operation in 1973. That same year, GE adapted the design for high-speed passenger service on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. 

The E60s were successful in the coal-hauling role. They ran on the BM&LP for decades and remain in use on several mining railroads in the Western United States. Unfortunately, in terms of passenger service, they were not very reliable. They had a maximum speed of up to 80-90 mph, thus, by the end of the 1970s, Amtrak abandoned (but not fully retired) the E60s in favor of the EMD AEM-7. Between 1986 and 1988, those E60s that remained with Amtrak were rebuilt, reclassified and renumbered. All E60CPs had their steam generators removed and four of these had HEP fitted. Those with HEP, both the E60CHs and the converted E60CPs, were rebuilt and renumbered as E60MA in the 600 series. The locomotives were regeared for a maximum speed of 90 mph (145 km/h). When the E60s returned to service, they were used on heavy, long-distance trains, such as the New York–New Orleans Crescent, the New York–Florida Silver Service, and the Washington, D.C.–Montreal Montrealer. They could also be found in push–pull service on the Keystone Service trains in the late 1980s. Amtrak retired the last of them in 2003. 

Until 2015, Bachmann Trains produced the E60 as a ready-to-run scale model in HO Scale equipped with DCC. However, it has since been discontinued, and no other model train manufacturer currently produces it. Thus, Bachmann should bring theirs back in HO and N scales and equip it with DCC and on-board Sound.