Famous noses at the Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois, April 17th, 2002. Steve Crise Photo. © scrise.com
UP X-18 One of Two Surviving GE Gas Turbines. Produced 10,000 Horsepower, Weighs 839,000 lbs
One of the two surviving GTEL 8500 gas-turbine electric locomotives, UP 18, stands tall in Union. Silent and cold, the odds of it ever running again are about a million to one. Its days of blastin... (more)