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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C Ulrich, While the actual trucks from the turbines might not have been used (they were standard trucks) the span bolsters would probably have been used, because they weren't needed under the U25s, and they wouldn't have been scrapped, and then new items to the same design built. If UP traded the whole Turbine back to GE, GE might have taken only the parts they needed, and let UP sell the remainder for scrap! But I would be surprised if new span bolsters were built for the SP U50s while UP scrapped theirs! Peter [/quote] I looked in my best book about UP´s Turbines - written by A.J. Wolff, published in 2001 - yesterday. He wrote also that the trucks of the 10 standard turbines were used under U25B´s and U50´s. Spanbolster / truck sets from 12 retired Verandas were used under U50´s and the truck / spanbolster sets of the remaining three Verandas were used under the three Alco C855´s !!! Possible that GE took the spanbolsters that were without trucks and add new trucks to them. When I count right the UP became 26 8 axle spanbolster equipped locomotives when the 4500 hp were retired - 23 U50 and 3 Alco C855. Add the three SP´s and you will find out that GE must built new spanbolster so or so!
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