Many railroads experimented with non conventional turbine power, but on the Union Pacific three generations of gas-turbine locomotives survived in revenue service the longest. UP turbine 8/8B is seen in this clip from the Pentrex show "Union Pacific Turbines of the Wasatch" https://rfd.video/UPTurbines | Railfan Depot
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Henry Hank Griffiths Jr caught Union Pacific gas turbines with freights and the 8444 with Centennial Celebration specials in the state of Utah. From the Pentrex show "Big Boys Cab Forwards Challengers & Daylights" https://rfd.video/Griffiths | Railfan Depot
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The Union Pacific was a believer that moving big trains meant finding the most powerful locomotives. Even before the steam giant Big Boys and Challengers were retired, gas-turbine technology had entered the scene and the UP could be counted on to put it to use. From the Pentrex show "Battle Up Sherman Hill" https://rfd.video/BattleSherman | Railfan Depot
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The last round of Union Pacific "Big Blow" gas-turbine locomotives and several scenes of classic diesel power in Utah and Montana. From the Green Frog Productions show "Union Pacific Odyssey, Volume One" https://rfd.video/UPOdyssey1 | Railfan Depot
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Henry "Hank" Griffiths Jr follows a big gas-turbine led train into Green River, Wyoming where he also caught Big Boy No. 4005. From the Pentrex show "Big Boys Cab Forwards Challengers & Daylights" https://rfd.video/Griffiths | Railfan Depot
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Doodlebugs and Gas Electrics on the Great Northern. From the Pentrex show "Great Northern Railway Combo: Parts 1 2 & 3" https://rfd.video/GNCombo | Railfan Depot
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The fleet of the unique third generation gas turbine locomotives: •Produced by an Alco-GE partnership •Nickname: Big Blows •Engine No: 1-30 & 1B-30B •Date Built: August, 1958 – June, 1961 •Horsepower: 8,500 •Axles: 12 (C C C C) •Evaluation: Successful – These engines, comprised of an A-B unit and an insulated fuel tender, satisfied the UP’s hunger for big power. Their fate and the fate of the other turbines on UP’s roster was sealed only because of the increasing cost of heavy fuel oil. •Retired
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