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Explain U.P.'s Gas Turbine locomotive's operation?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by M636C</i> <br /><br />Dan's comment about 8080 with Wile E. Coyote driving was pretty close to the mark! I read somewhere that the turbine inside the former Great Northern electric was one that had been removed from one of the original turbines. They obviously collected discarded equipment from everywhere to test the coal burning turbine theory. The PA-1 kept its engine, so it could drag the whole thing out of the way when (not if) it failed. I imagine they didn't expect the turbine to last long with the unburnt stones from the coal passing through at high speed, and didn't want to risk a new one. <br /> <br />Peter <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Hi Peter, <br /> <br />yep, your right!!!! <br /> <br />Wile E Coyote at the trottle, I think Roger Rabbit ! <br /> <br />To drive this engine must be like a cartoon - FUNNY - More than 90 percent of it´s career the unit was stalled - Also a record!!! <br /> <br />I ask my self why this monster made no career in movies !!! <br />As a nuclear powered engine - Looks like !!! [;)][:D][:D] <br /> <br />BTW: UPs precessor C&NW use also a gas turbine for a short time, built by WESTINGHOUSE. The BLUE GOOSE
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