UP's infamous coal turbine basks in the sun at Coucil Bluffs, Iowa. This locomotive operated from September 1962 through July 1963. It was operated between Council Bluffs, Iowa and North Platte, a... (more)

UP's only coal turbine electric makes a test run as many officials look on. This locomotive was an experimental and didn't run very much as it was deemed a failure. A set of diesels was always in ... (more)

Here is UP's experiment with a coal turbine. They turned a PA into a control unit and an ex GN W1 electric into a coal fired turbine. If I remember right the unit ran only in the summer of 1962. H... (more)