Description: Union Pacific #1 GE Steam Turbine, Original First Edition 24x17" Watercolour Gicleec Print Please read item description all the way through: • Original First Edition art print, not a reprint or photograph • No more than 12 prints in First Edition of this subject • Museum quality 24x17" hand-cut cold press watercolour paper (textured matte-finish acid-free) • Large image 20 x 13” with wide white margins for matte and framing (matte and frame not included) • Not typical glossy mass-produced commercial poster/prints • Each print individually produced, using highest quality dyes for longevity • Hand-signed, and shipped direct to you by the artist • Color may be less vivid and softer than this illuminated screen image • Only one print of this subject available on Ebay at this time In an attempt to compete with General Motors then-new passenger Diesels, General Electric built a pair of steam-turbine-electric locos in 1938 for Union Pacific. The pair rolled out in December 1938, and were delivered to UP in April 1939. It took over three years to build these extremely complex machines at the GE plant in Erie, PA at a cost of around $2,000,000. They were the first turbine-electric locomotives built in America. The 2-C+C-2’s were rated at 2,500 hp each, designed to run as a pair, and capable of speeds up to 125 MPH. The trailing unit was always coupled nose-forward as they could not be MU’d back-to-back because of the layout of their innards. After several trial trips made over the New York Central, they left Erie works April 1st, 1939 for Omaha, NE for the Union Pacific where they were to be used to pull streamlined passenger trains. UP ran them on a few test trips then sent them around the country on a publicity tour. They were only "operational" for six months before being returned to GE in late 1939. They did work for the GN and NYC in 1943 during the motive power shortage during WWII but it was deemed that they’d be more useful as raw material for the war effort, so were scrapped by GE in 1943. These were the only two condensing steam locomotives built and operated in North America. While they actually were engineering triumphs, they were impractical and thus considered failures. 550 different Limited Edition railroad art prints by Andy available now at fixed prices. Find your railroad at trainutz.com Digital Fine art by Andy Romano. A life-long rail fan, model railroader, rail book author, Andy knows and loves trains. His work is found in rail publications, private collections, galleries and rail museums. His art is dedicated to the preservation of vintage rr paint designs, heralds and lettering styles of Fallen Flags as well as long-gone Diesel locomotives. His large museum quality prints are known for their detail and accuracy. Andy has many top-line creative awards, holds a Master’s Degree in Communications Art; a Life Member of The Art Directors Club of NY (now part of the Global One Club); proud graduate of The Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts. Private student and friend of Anthony Triano, Artist-in-Residence at Seton Hall University. An admiring friend of Howard Fogg, to whom Andy’s book “PA, Alco’s Glamour Girl” is fondly dedicated. P A Y M E N T & S H I P P I N G I N F O Shipping anywhere in U.S. flat $9.50 via USPS Priority Mail Insurance and tracking included NOTE: Ebay may collect State Sales Tax on this sale. Sales Tax Rates vary from State to State and will be specified in your sale invoice. I do not collect or receive this Tax, it’s an arrangement between Ebay and your State.
Price: 42 USD
Location: Camarillo, California
End Time: 2024-11-30T11:08:31.000Z
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