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UP turbine @ North Platte 1967
Title:  UP turbine @ North Platte 1967
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Photo Date:  1/1/1967  Upload Date: 10/29/2007 10:01:32 PM
Location:  North Platte, NE
Author:  Howard Castellucio
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Locomotives:  UP 51(4500 GTEL)
Views:  6097   Comments: 3
Titled "Westbound freight headed by gas turbine loco leaves Cheyenne. 1955
Title:  Titled "Westbound freight headed by gas turbine loco leaves Cheyenne. 1955
Description:  Titled "Westbound freight headed by gas turbine loco leaves Cheyenne. 1955
Photo Date:  1/2/1955  Upload Date: 1/2/2012 6:17:31 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Wendy Crim
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 55(4500 GTEL)
Views:  2408   Comments: 1
Varied Power at Green River
Title:  Varied Power at Green River
Description:  UP 4018 waits its turn at the coal tower in Green River Ahead of it is an unknown 3900-series Challenger. UP turbine 58 was one of the original set of 4500 GTELs built in the early 50s. They would be retired in 1964, only a decade into their service life. Also in the picture is a pair of F3s in Armour Yellow. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  1/1/1954  Upload Date: 5/28/2021 8:56:37 PM
Location:  Green River, WY
Author:  Walter H. Thrall
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4018(4-8-8-4) UP 58(4500 GTEL) UP 3959(4-6-6-4) UP 1553(F3A)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
UP 342B
Title:  UP 342B
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/1962  Upload Date: 4/13/2012 10:09:31 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  George Kantola
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 342B(GP9B) UP 324(GP9) UP 60(4500 GTEL)
Views:  1688   Comments: 2
UP 60
Title:  UP 60
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/2/1962  Upload Date: 4/13/2012 10:09:27 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  George Kantola
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 60(4500 GTEL)
Views:  2003   Comments: 0
UP #63
Title:  UP #63
Description:  A single GTEL eastbound at Archer, WY. Scanned with an Epson V550 from a 35mm slide, brand is unknown. Exact date is approximate.
Photo Date:  8/1/1957  Upload Date: 8/7/2016 9:19:37 PM
Location:  Archer, WY
Author:  Unknown/Paul Frantz Collection
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 63(4500 GTEL)
Views:  1329   Comments: 1
UP Turbin 63, 1962
Title:  UP Turbin 63, 1962
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1962  Upload Date: 2/2/2006 3:10:10 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  mark mcdowell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 63(4500 GTEL)
Views:  7023   Comments: 3
UP GTEL 63
Title:  UP GTEL 63
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad GTEL 63 on shop trucks at Omaha, Nebraska on an unknown day in July 1964, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Built in March 1954 (c/n 32030), most of it was retired in August 1963. The span bolsters and trucks were re-conditioned by the UP and shipped to Erie, Pennsylvania for GE to install under the U50's. The body was scrapped at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  7/1/1964  Upload Date: 4/30/2011 12:51:49 PM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 63(4500 GTEL)
Views:  2645   Comments: 0
UP GTEL 65
Title:  UP GTEL 65
Description:  Union Pacific Railroad GTEL 65 on archbar trucks at Omaha, Nebraska on an unknown day in July 1964, Kodachrome by Dick Rumbolz, Chuck Zeiler collection. Number 65 was built in June 1954 (c/n 32032) and retired in August 1963. The span bolsters and trucks were removed, reconditioned by the UP and shipped to GE's Erie, Pennsylvania plant for installation under the U50's. The body was scrapped at an unknown date.
Photo Date:  7/1/1964  Upload Date: 5/1/2011 11:35:01 AM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Dick Rumbolz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 65(4500 GTEL)
Views:  4786   Comments: 1
UP 70
Title:  UP 70
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/2/1963  Upload Date: 4/13/2012 10:09:35 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  George Kantola
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 70(4500 GTEL) UP 67(4500 GTEL) UP 66(4500 GTEL)
Views:  1780   Comments: 0
UP 67
Title:  UP 67
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/14/1961  Upload Date: 12/16/2020 11:11:00 AM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Jeffrey Lawrence Collection
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 67(4500 GTEL)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
UP 4013 at The Ice Racks
Title:  UP 4013 at The Ice Racks
Description:  Union Pacific 4013 prepares to leave the PFE ice racks in Laramie with a loaded train. In the background is gas turbine X-69 a Veranda turbine. 4013 was built in 1941, and scrapped in 1963.
Photo Date:  11/11/1956  Upload Date: 5/29/2022 12:32:33 AM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Stan Kistler
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 4013(4-8-8-4) UP 69(4500 GTEL)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Turbine at Sherman Hill
Title:  Turbine at Sherman Hill
Description:  UP 70
Photo Date:  11/23/1959  Upload Date: 6/15/2010 8:31:12 PM
Location:  Sherman Hill, WY
Author:  H. Cavanaugh
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 70(4500 GTEL)
Views:  3626   Comments: 2
Gas Turbines, 1962
Title:  Gas Turbines, 1962
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/1/1962  Upload Date: 1/31/2006 2:25:56 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  mark mcdowell
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3(8500 GTEL) UP 72(4500 GTEL)
Views:  7258   Comments: 2
Big Boy and Turbine
Title:  Big Boy and Turbine
Description:  Big Boy 4009 and Veranda Gas Turbine 75 depart Laramie with a loaded coal train. The line of boxcars in the background is on Main Track 2, with the station on the other side. The depot has not seen passenger service since 1971, but is still maintained as a local historic site. Note the remnants of a torn-out switch next to 4009s 25,000 Gallon tender. Veranda 75 is the highest-numbered Veranda turbine, and is new to RRPA. Obtained from Union Pacific Steam: Big Boy Portraits (Bush, Ehernberger)
Photo Date:  8/25/1956  Upload Date: 9/19/2021 2:29:00 PM
Location:  Laramie, WY
Author:  Emil Arbrecht
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4009(4-8-8-4) UP 75(4500 GTEL)
Views:  284   Comments: 0


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