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Technically, the turbine from 1938 was never UP's. It was GE's and was experimental, on loan to the UP for evaluation. UP tested them and returned them within 12-18 month's - deemed a failure, in a manner of speaking. Water was not an issue with them as it consumed very little - it was a closed system (ie re-circulated/re-used the water) on that GE unit and I believe it only contained something like 3,000 gallons of water IIRC. Though it was a failure, unto itself, it gave GE valuable insight into developing the gas turbines that the UP did end up buying fleets of after WWII. So, outside of UP''s own 8080 / 80 coal fired turbine from the late 50's early 60's, all of the GE turbines that UP owned were gas turbine electrics (GTEL's). For all of you turbine fans (pun intended), Pentrex offers many nice tapes with the UP's Turbines covered. You'l have to cut and paste the following: http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=pentrex&query=Turbines&.autodone=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pentrex.com%2Fnsearch.html Withers publishing has a very nice book on this subject titled UP's Turbine Era by AJ Wolff. See: http://www.witherspublishing.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=23&products_id=65 There's also another fine book with even more technical explanations and photos titled Turbines Westward by Thomas R Lee Enjoy the hobby! Greg
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