The Union Pacific Railroad flirted with steam turbine power in the 1930’s and in1939, two experimental turbines, simply named no. 1 and no. 2 took to the rails. These two examples are brass units produced by Overland Models.
I installed QSI Titan decoders in each unit and utilized a custom sound file for steam turbine sounds. Lighting was done with LEDs and optical fiber. The side UP logo badges were lit from behind with ‘side glow’ optical fiber which glows along the entire length for a nice even lighting effect.
Video shot by Jonathan Warfield
