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Union Pacific GE steam turbine-electrics

Both units in UP livery coupled together elephant style

In the thirties, the Union Pacific worked together with General Electric to create steam turbine locomotives with electric power transmission. So GE could not only use their expertise in generators and traction motors...

General

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Built 1938
Manufacturers General Electric
Wheel arrangement 2-C+C-2
Gauge 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)

Dimensions and weights

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Length 27.69 m
Service weight 248.6 t
Adhesive weight 152.4 t

Power plant

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Boiler pressure 110.3 bar

Power

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Power source steam turbine-electric
Indicated power 1,864 kW (2,534 PS)
Starting effort 384.8 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.89
Power-to-weight ratio 7.5 kW/t
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.63
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