The Union Pacific GTELs – when railways went full jet-engine 🔥🚆 The Union Pacific Gas Turbine-Electric Locomotives, built by Union Pacific Railroad, were among the most powerful locomotives ever to run in the United States. Nicknamed “Big Blows”, these incredible machines roared across the American West with aircraft-style gas turbines, hauling immense freight loads over vast distances. They were loud, hot, thirsty for fuel — and utterly unforgettable. Loved by railfans, feared by city planner
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The Union Pacific GTELs – when railways went full jet-engine 🔥🚆 The Union Pacific Gas Turbine-Electric Locomotives, built by Union Pacific Railroad, were among the most powerful locomotives ever to run in the United States. Nicknamed “Big Blows”, these incredible machines roared across the American West with aircraft-style gas turbines, hauling immense freight loads over vast distances. They were loud, hot, thirsty for fuel — and utterly unforgettable. Loved by railfans, feared by city planner
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Check out this Union Pacific turbine as it pulls a mixed freight across the canyon. #trains #hobby #modeltrains | Garret Hauser
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The Union Pacific GTEL Big Blow turbine combines its pulling power with 3 brand new @scaletrains.official GP30s as it cuts through the early morning sun. #unionpacific #unionpacificrailroad #freighttrain #railroad #trains #nscale #customtrains #nscalemodeltrains | Garret Hauser
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8500HP main power unit containing a turbine engine similar to a jet engine -Union Pacific 18 one of the most powerful locomotives ever built by American Engineering #trains #railroad #railroadhistory | Big Trains
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Some classic action on the Union Pacific includes a quartet of GP30s on a reefer train, a local freight with a GP9 and a passing gas-turbine on a through freight. From the Green Frog Productions show on 2 discs "Union Pacific Odyssey, Vol 1" https://rfd.video/UPOdyssey1 | Railfan Depot
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