USAX 1149

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Rich Stasiak	General	Don't let the spoked wheels and siderods fool you! This is a one-of-a-kind multifuel turbine locomotive developed by the US Military around 1950. I think that it is the only turbine powered switcher in the world. Just like the big turbines on the UP, this little guy gulped fuel and needed a jet engine mechanic for a tune up. Thus, diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulic units were used in Europe during the Cold War. Lionel had a great model of this little girl during the 1950s and 60s.	11/15/2006 8:34:49 PM

John Hooper	General	Is this one of the models with adjustable axles to run on 5'3" & 3'6"? To tell you the truth Rich I though it was squirrel power. It was "hush hush" you know. If you look behind the grill there are 2 rotator cages that the squirrels run around on to provide power. But I could be wrong???	11/16/2006 3:37:47 AM

Rick Morgan	General	This is the one-and-only Davenport 30 ton turbine-mechanical built for the Army as an experiment. It was equipped with two Boeing 502 gas turbines. The specification for this orphan says it's set for standard gauge only. After being tested by the Army at Ft Eustis for a couple of years it was stored, apparantly for the rest of its service.	7/24/2011 4:53:01 PM

USAX 1149
Don't know what modal
Date: 11/14/2006	Location: Kirkwood, MO Map	Views: 1208	Collection Of: Jim Tiroch
Locomotives: USAX 1149(35 Tonner)			Author: Jim Tiroch

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: National Musuem of Transport-Kirkwood MO

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