A Union Pacific gas-electric turbine locomotive at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
Jim Wrinn
Gas-electric turbines
•YEARS BUILT: 1938-1962
•YEARS BUILT: 1938-1962
•MANUFACTURERS: Partnerships between General Electric & Alco; GE, Baldwin & Lima; Westinghouse & Baldwin
•OPERATED ON: Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Pennsylvania, Union Pacific
•NAMES: Jawn Henry on N&W; Blue Goose for Westinghouse, Big Blow & Verandas on UP
•QUANTITY: 66
•HORSEPOWER: 2,500-8,500
•KNOWN FOR: Heavy fuel consumption
•STATUS: All retired except for UP No. 18 at Illinois Railway Museum and Nos. 26 and 26B at Utah State Railroad Museum
