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The Big Blow´s - Super Turbines - 8500 GTEL´s are my favorite locomotive. Two Super Turbines - 8500 GTEL - are preserved: 16 and 26 No. 16 is in Union Ill. 16 was sold to Nielsen Enterprises, Ogden, Utah in August 1971, then resold to Continental Leasing Group; sold to G. F. Bean Co., New Orleans, La, in 1975. Stored on UP in Salt Lake City, Utah until moved to Kansas City on 29 March 1979; donated to Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Ill. No. 26 is in Ogden. 26 was sold to Continental Leasing Group, 15 September 1971, shipped to Intercontinental Engineering Co., Riverside, Mo.; donated to Ogden Union Station Museum, Ogden, Utah in July 1987. All other Turbines (4500 GTEL Standards No. 51 - 60 and 4500 GTEL Verandas No. 61 - 75) were scrapped. The two axle trucks were then used under U50´s. To see one of this back on the tracks would be great !!! BTW - I think the two auxilary tenders behind UP 844 and 3985 are former Turbine tenders !!! [tup][wow][wow] Bringing back a Super Turbine back to life would be impossible because the turbines are in the baddest possible condition - because of the high fuel consumption and the bad turbine condition the Big Blows were retired between 1969 to 1971 - and a new one will be to expensive.
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