Union Pacific turbines

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Lone Cat
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Union Pacific turbines Unread post

Lil questions
Why Union Pacific choose to run its turbines regularly between Odgen, Utah and Echo (??) i.e. through Wasatch mountain/Echo canyon, but not consider assigning any Turbines in blue canyon region of Oregon?
RayofSunshine
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Re: Union Pacific turbines Unread post

Well Lone Cat,
It might have just been a matter of "their" choose. They may have believed that other engines were more economical for their different "consists of freight and/or passengers. Not being as informative, what did the UP actually use in that Oregon regon? :?: :salute: {,0,}
Lone Cat
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Generic Diesels. By the time of Turbines....
And interesting enough the GE launched its first commercial giant diesels. the U50
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