Weber State Virtual History Museum

Union Pacific Turbine Locomotive #26

Title Ogden Union Station Railroad Equipment
Description Railroad locomotive collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah.
Subject Locomotives--Utah; Railroad museums
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1918-1989
Date 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989
Date Digital 2014
Temporal Coverage 1893-1996
Medium Photogrphay
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Images provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s6s25vjg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98409
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6s25vjg

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Title Union Pacific Turbine Locomotive #26
Contributors Union Pacific Railroad Company
Image Captions U.P. #26 the General Electric Co. "World's Most Powerful Locomotive" was built in February 1961. It weighs 849,248 Ibs without the tender. It developed a starting tractive effort of 212,312 Ibs. It was capable of moving 735 fully loaded freight cars equal to a train 7 miles long at a speed of 12 MPH. The C-C style trucks had 40-inch diameter wheels to go with a 74/18 gear ratio giving a top speed of 65 MPH. At 18 mph, the giant locomotive developed a continuous tractive effort of 146,000 Ibs. The 8500 HP three-unit locomotive is 178 ft 11 1/4 in. long including the fuel tender which was a former steam engine tender as indicated by the rivets. The tender had a capacity of 24,384 gals of Bunker C fuel oil. The exhaust temperature of the turbine was 850 degrees F. The air passed through the turbine at a velocity of 1600 MPH. The air intake used 320,000 cubic feet per minute, the equivalent to the amount of air breathed by one half million people in one day. The locomotive also contained
Description "Railroad locomotive collection of the Utah State Railroad Museum located at the Ogden Union Station, Ogden, Utah "
Subject Locomotives--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1961
Date 1961
Date Digital 2014
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Ogden Union Station Collection
Source Images provided by Lee Witten, archivist, Ogden Union Station
Format image/jpeg
Setname wsu_vhm
ID 98430
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6s25vjg/98430