GE-Built Turbines

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Updated: 3 July 2005 Info from: R. Craig

Owner Road No. Model Horsepower Bldr No. Date Notes
General Electric 101 Gas Turbine 4500 30159 11/1948 Demonstrator unit, with double cab and B+B+B+B trucks; sold to Union Pacific and re-# 50
Union Pacific 1 and 2 Steam Turbine 2500 12136 and 12137 1/1938 Test bed units with 2-C+C-2 trucks; also worked on NYC and GN briefly, scrapped in 1942
Union Pacific 1A and 1B GTEL 8500 33215 and 33210 8/1958 -
Union Pacific 2A, 2B and 3A GTEL 8500 33207-33209 8/1958 -
Union Pacific 3B and 4A GTEL 8500 3321 & 33213 9 & 11/1958 -
Union Pacific 4B GTEL 8500 33206 11/1958 -
Union Pacific 5A and 5B GTEL 8500 33217 & 33218 12/1958 -
Union Pacific 6A and 6B GTEL 8500 33205 & 33216 2/1959 -
Union Pacific 7A and 7B GTEL 8500 33211 & 33214 3/1959 -
Union Pacific 8A & 8B - 15A & 15B GTEL 8500 33219-33234 3/59-4/60 -
Union Pacific 16A & 16B - 18A & 18B GTEL 8500 34065-34070 6/60-8/60 -
Union Pacific 19A & 19B GTEL 8500 34073 & 34074 10/1960 -
Union Pacific 20A & 20B GTEL 8500 34071 & 34072 9/1960 Re-# 28A and 28B
Union Pacific 21A & 21B - 30A & 30B GTEL 8500 34075-34094 10/60-6/61 -
Union Pacific 51-60 Gas Turbine 4500 30760-30769 1/52-8/53 -
Union Pacific 61-75 Gas Turbine 4500 32028-32042 3/54-10/54 "Verandas"
Union Pacific 80 (8080) Coal-fired Turbine 7000* 76311 3/1961 Experimental; Built by UPRR from PA-1 #607 (2000 hp) and GN Electric #5018 (5000 hp, b/n 28448 5/1947)
Note: 1A & 1B thru 30A & 30B were nicknamed "Big Blows"
Source of information: Extra 2200 South, Second Diesel Spotters Guide (by Jerry A. Pinkepank), and the Utah Rails-All-time Union Pacific website (via Tom Ostroff). Additional information from: Dave Dallner.
For more detailed information: Visit the Utah Rails-All-time Union Pacific website.

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