Gas Turbine Locomotive - Examples

Examples

Examples of gas turbine-mechanical locomotives:

  • 1933 Nydqvist and Holm, 1-B-1, Sweden
  • 1952 Davenport-Bessler Corp., 1-B-1, United States
  • 1951 Renault, France, B-B, 1,000 hp (750 kW)
  • 1954 Gotaverken, Sweden, 1-C-1, 1,300 hp (970 kW)
  • 1958 Renault, France, C-C, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
  • 1958 Škoda, C-C, Czechoslovakia, 3,200 hp (2,400 kW)
  • 1959 British Rail GT3, 2-C-0, 2,700 hp (2,000 kW)

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