Four turbo locomotives that were built by Baldwin-Westinghouse and what went wrong

摘要

This paper explains what went wrong with four types of turbo locomotive, and predicts for two of them what corrections could be made in the locomotive design and yet experience minimum risk. The four locomotives were the Pennsylvania Rairoad S-2 steam turbine noncondensing locomotive design, the Cheasapeake and Ohio steam turbine electric locomotive, Norfolk Southern's 4500 HP steam turbine electric, and the high speed gas turbine steam injected locomotive of 4500 HP-the Blue Goose.