Railworks America

Announcement of Union Pacific 4,500-horsepower turbines (three versions) coming from DTM:

https://live.dovetailgames.com/live/train-simulator/articles/article/turbines-tremendous

I'm actually really looking forward to these. It's nice to see the earlier turbines coming to the game. At least to my eyes, it seems like DTM stepped up their game with these ones!

I was not aware about UP having a GTEL that's dual cab! Usually, those would've be electric locomotives that come to mind. But overall, it's nice to see these coming, time for some 20th century content.

Alatreus wrote:I was not aware about UP having a GTEL that's dual cab! Usually, those would've be electric locomotives that come to mind. But overall, it's nice to see these coming, time for some 20th century content.

GE turbine 101/UP 50 was a prototype of what would go on to be the UP 4500hp turbines. It was the only one built with a double end cab and actually started life on the east coast tested by a couple of railroads before the UP ended up with it and keeping it for a few years. Very unique machine.

Alatreus wrote:I was not aware about UP having a GTEL that's dual cab! Usually, those would've be electric locomotives that come to mind. But overall, it's nice to see these coming, time for some 20th century content.

A bit more from the article at DTL:

"In November 1948, General Electric rolled out GTEL demonstrator No. 101, a 4,500-horsepower locomotive with a streamlined carbody, cabs at each end, and riding a B+B-B+B truck configuration. Clad in a green-and-yellow livery, the 530,000-pound behemoth operated on the Pennsylvania Railroad and Nickel Plate until June 1949, then made its way to the Union Pacific. On the UP, the prototype was outfitted in Union Pacific livery (although still owned by GE) and given UP road number 50. On the Union Pacific, the prototype turbine rolled up 101,000 miles of testing until it left the railroad in April 1951. Thereafter, it briefly tested on the Southern Pacific, then returned to GE where it was scrapped in 1953."

Cool! The included freight cars alone are worth the price of the pack. Most of those cars lasted well into the 60's / 70's, with some making it into the 80's either in revenue service or MOW. I see a bonanza of repaints in our future.

It would be interesting to read how these machines were operated.

I suppose the 'fireman' really had a job to do?

Out today!

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