This is a display of big power stationned at the railroad museum in Ogden.

UP's Gas Turbines were around for a couple more years after this photo was taken in Sept. 67. To see the rear end, check photo 639382 and thanks to Rick Erben for the location ID.

For the 60th Anniversary of the Illinois Railway Museum, the Union Pacific was kind enough to send the 6936 all the way from Cheyenne, WY. Here we see the 6936 staged on station track 2 with the X... (more)

UP Turbine 28 at Council Bluffs, July 1966.

UP Turbine #21 at Cheyenne, WY in May 1968.

Another view of UP Turbine 3, at Cheyenne, Wy on May 11, 1968. Do not ask me why the coupler is freshly painted white --- I do not know. But I could suspect the locomotive or the tightlock ... (more)

UP Turbine 3 at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

UP Turbine 17, Cheyenne, Wyo. May 11, 1968. A glimpse of UP 3985 4-6-6-4 behind the switch target, and a another Turbine nose.

The only reason I fished this one out is how many viewers have ever seen the top of a UP "Big Blow" Turbine where all that noise came from. (They were eventually outlawed from running in Sou. Ca... (more)

The shop switch, 0-6-0 #4466, makes a move with a gas-turbine on the table. 4466 was one of 30 such engines that arrived on UP property in 1920 (source: Utahrails.net)

I hope you have your hearing protection on. For additonal views of #51 on this day, click "UP 51" above. This unit was the first production turbine. Number 50 was a double-ended demonstrator.

Waiting in the rack

Getting the big blow ready for another pull

Gas-Turbine #51 makes a move past John's camera on it's way from the ready tracks to a train. The Bunker C burned by the locomotive had a big carbon footprint, as is evidenced in this view. It t... (more)

"Big Blow" #51 gets fired up at Cheyenne. A small diesel engine used for hostling and for starting up the turbine was installed inside. The turbine would be spun to starting speed before combust... (more)