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Miniature GE GTEL 8500HP
   
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Era: 1900s, 2000s
Category: Civil
Type: Train
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28 Jun, 2020 @ 12:21am
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Miniature GE GTEL 8500HP

In 1 collection by Interrobang‽
Miniature Locomotive Collection
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Description
Back in the day the thought of using 4 diesel locomotives for the power of one steam engine (for freight trains) was a bit loony to Union Pacific. Naturally Union Pacific looked for something bigger. GE called them up and said "hey we're making jet engines for planes maybe we could put that in a train also turbines can eat up Bunker C oil which is dirt cheap and literally considered trash." Union Pacific later had to retire these units when someone figured out how to make plastic out of Bunker C, which drove the price up. A lot.

A unit has backup Diesel motor and cab. B-unit has Turbine, and there's a Fuel Tender on the back.

Fuel Economy of an average American car. That's why it needed an entire car dedicated to fuel.

Has some special features. Go find them out yourself!
10 Comments
Randomfellow 20 Oct, 2020 @ 2:06pm 
Could you make the DDA40X?
range 9 Sep, 2020 @ 9:52am 
good work i live right near one of the last 8500hp turbins and it is the most amazing thing i have ever seen happie to see one in brick rigs
Randomfellow 14 Jul, 2020 @ 9:03am 
IT is so good it nearly completed the canyon railroad
MC Grand 10 Jul, 2020 @ 7:40am 
Make the Big Boy
Traincrafter81 30 Jun, 2020 @ 12:10pm 
could u make bnsf????
Bob-isOP 29 Jun, 2020 @ 7:21am 
Noice
Driver915 28 Jun, 2020 @ 2:42pm 
ge makes literally everything and every railroad has ge even though they have really shit electric reliability compared to emd
Bored Casey 28 Jun, 2020 @ 6:30am 
pls make some steam locos.
namelessjade 28 Jun, 2020 @ 5:57am 
lmao GE makes literally everything
Interrobang‽  [author] 28 Jun, 2020 @ 12:41am 
thing was so long i had to go into freecam to take the pictures