Talk:Gas turbine-electric locomotive

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Gas turbine-electric locomotive was a good article, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these are addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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The article states:

Even so, the turbine design used in these units is still the most powerful prime mover ever installed in a locomotive.

This is not true if you take into account electric locomotives. You'll find a few with more power at List of stock used by Swiss Federal Railways and I'm sure there are others (i.e. the swedish IORE). --Kabelleger 14:31, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The prime mover is the diesel or turbine engine that powers the alternator. Electric locomotives rely on outside power instead of generating their own, so the fact is still correct. EASports 18:12, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

In that case I misunderstood the term "prime mover". Thanks for your explanation. --Kabelleger 19:43, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

This article seems to miss all information on the German gas turbine locomotives and power trucks (Class 210/219/602)

Feel free to add information on these engines if you have data on them. We will be more than interested in knowing bout them. Captain scarlet 22:33, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This needs to be split up!

The UP fleet holds little historical interest: it was not the first, fastest, longest serving or just about anything else. Yet it makes up the vast majority of the article. Unless anyone has a good counterargument, I propose splitting it out into an article as the "UP50". Maury 20:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

It was the only turbine fleet used for mainline freight and saw some of the heaviest use. Information on them is also more readily available than on the other locomotives. The fact that the fleet didn't hold those records is not of serious consequence. Hellbus 22:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

You missed my point completely. This article is about gas-tubrine trains, NOT about the UP gas-turbine powered trains. The content needs to be moved to an article on UP gas-turbine powered trains, and removed from here. Maury 23:23, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I didn't miss the point; I'm just not convinced of it at this point. When there is more information on GTELs other than the ones UP used, then I could certainly see the need to split off the UP section. I wouldn't use UP50 as the title, however. Hellbus 23:48, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delisted GA

This article has been delisted for failure to meet current GA criteria. Once the article has been brought up to standards, it may be renominated at WP:GAC. If you have any questions regarding this delisting, feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Additionally, if you feel this delisting was made in error, you may request remediation at WP:GA/R. Regards, LaraLoveT/C 05:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)