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Transit / Turbine Locomotives
« on: March 08, 2014, 09:24:39 am »
In the '60s Union Pacific ran freight trains hauled by 8500 HP gas turbine-electric locomotives. There is a good wiki page about them under the heading "Union Pacific GTEL's" and some videos on YouTube including one showing a flame-out at start-up.
The locomotives used Bunker C heavy fuel oil which had to be heated in storage and before use due to its high viscosity.
I know they have been modelled in Trainz but I have not come across them in BVE.
They were nicknamed 'Big Blows' due to the high pitched screaming sound of their exhaust.
There were two experimental GTEL's in the UK both of which entered revenue earning service. Travelling behind one of them the most notable feature was the smell of kerosene.
There was also a non-condensing steam turbine locomotive on British Railways known as the 'Turbomotive'. Very successful when it was running but prone to breakdowns. It once locked-up completely on the track.
The locomotives used Bunker C heavy fuel oil which had to be heated in storage and before use due to its high viscosity.
I know they have been modelled in Trainz but I have not come across them in BVE.
They were nicknamed 'Big Blows' due to the high pitched screaming sound of their exhaust.
There were two experimental GTEL's in the UK both of which entered revenue earning service. Travelling behind one of them the most notable feature was the smell of kerosene.
There was also a non-condensing steam turbine locomotive on British Railways known as the 'Turbomotive'. Very successful when it was running but prone to breakdowns. It once locked-up completely on the track.