There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...
THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENERGY STORY: How These Locomotives Used Energy and What Was Done to Make Them More Efficient. By Walter Simpson. The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. Hardcover, 144 ...
At Operating Speeds, the First Locomotive In America to be Driven by a Steam Turbine Geared Directly to the Driving Wheels Compares Favorably With the Most Economical Reciprocating Units. A New Era of ...
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Keith Aldrich uses a plasma cutter to remove rust from the Union Pacific Super Turbine Locomotive #26 outside Union Station on Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Ogden. The historic locomotive is one of only ...
In the 1950s, Union Pacific unleashed a fleet of turbine-powered locomotives that would become icons of American freight. Partnering with General Electric and ALCO, they built machines capable of ...