Of current interest: Alco-GE developmental gas turbine-electric locomotive enters service on Union Pacific

The first gas turbine-electric locomotive to be built and operated in the United States, a 4,500-horsepower unit, has completed preliminary road tests, and will see freight service with the Union Pacific Railroad, beginning this summer. Engineered jointly by the American Locomotive Company and the General Electric Company, the new locomotive is the product of five years´ research.