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Also known as gtels which was short for gas turbine electric locomotives, union pacific was the only class i railroad to use the design in regular service. Each would be two units plus a fuel tender, rated at 8,500 horsepower 6,300 kw. The days of the worlds most powerful and dramatic motive power on the union pacific railroad have now become a part of railroad history. After the first united pacific streamliner, a threecar a union pacific g.
The electric current thus produced is used to power traction motors. This web site presents images of the union pacific railroads general electric gas turbine electric locomotives that were in service at laramie, wyoming in august 1957. Demand for gas turbines has fallen by half since 2014 as utilities rely more on wind, solar and power conservation. After being broken from a software update, the gallery and forum are one again functional.
Pacific turbine brisbane is the trading name of ptb group limited, a specialised aviation business listed on the australian stock exchange. In october 1961, union pacific constructed an experimental gtel of their own, using a modified alco pa2 as a cab, the chassis of a gn w1 class. Book 1 classic north american steam by nils huxtable. Ho union pacific 4500 hp gas turbine engine 3 quick start guide of course, you should read your manual over before running your engine. J and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Union pacific s turbine era by, 2001, withers publishing edition, hardcover in english union pacific s turbine era 2001 edition open library. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. From time to time there have been efforts to make use of turbine power as a substitute for reciprocating power.
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The original assignment for the gas turbines was ogden, utah to green river, wyoming. Richard leonards union pacific gas turbines presented. They were temperamental to start at the best of times partly because of the type of fuel they used heavy bunker c fuel oil which when cold had a molasses type consistency which necessitated heaters in the tender tanks to warm. The month of pentrex union pacifics mighty turbines. The turbine, rather than an internal combustion diesel engine, drove an alternatorgenerator to supply electricity to electric motors mounted on the axles.
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