Diesel Electric Engine No. 60 "Peter Quick" or L60, which began operation in 1974, was one of the last fleet of diesel electric engines introduced to Hong Kong for the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Operating on the East Rail Line, L60 had witnessed the golden era of railway freight services between Hong Kong and the Mainland. Following the full electrification of the Kowloon-Canton Railway in 1983, L60 was withdrawn from passenger services and switched to hauling freight and maintenance trains. After serving Hong Kong for nearly half a century, L60 was retired from service in 2021 and handed over to the Railway Museum in 2023 for its permanent collection and display by the MTR Corporation (MTRC), with the conservation work supervised by the Conservation Office of the Leisure & Cultural Services Department (LCSD).
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