Nostalgia & History > UP Turbine #8 w/freight, sure miss this fun!

Don't have date or location ... help if you can.

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First guess: looking west from the overpass just east of Sinclair

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4628214,4628214#msg-4628214

(No, apparently not-- no center siding in the pic.)

Looks like he's on the 1-80 overpass just west of Sinclair and the train is eastward.

https://goo.gl/maps/jzcWDS7twzL2

Did UP not have 1/4 - 1/2 - 3/4 milepost poles then?
The Google pic has a three-band pole in the foreground.



Edited 9 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/19 16:10 by timz.

I'm an easterner.  How did engine crews feel about these compared to conventional diesels?  

I think the pic was posted before and dated 5-11-68 at Sinclair

MEKoch Wrote:
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> I think the pic was posted before and dated
> 5-11-68 at Sinclair

correct, forgot that I posted it previously 

Did these things have a high pitch turbine whine?

Erik Leeper
Phoenix, AZ

Like standing next to a DC-8 in full power. They were banned from coming into los angeles.

Tower_A-20 Wrote:
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> Did these things have a high pitch turbine whine?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/19 20:22 by SP4360.

> I'm an easterner.  How did engine crews feel about these compared to conventional diesels?

From what I've heard, they were fine except for the operational quirks (start-up procedure, etc) because they were unconventional.  If you're asking about noise, they weren't bad at all.  This batch of turbines wasn't noisy and didn't vibrate much - the turbine was back in the second unit with exhaust directed up and to the rear, away from the lead unit.  Diesels and the first-gen. turbines were louder in their cabs than these were.

Also, nice job "timz" for coming up with the exact location and direction.

Take care,

Mark
    

Nice shot!

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX