NationMaster - Encyclopedia: British Rail GT3

GT3, meaning Gas Turbine number 3 (following 18000 and 18100 as gas turbines 1 and 2), was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton_le_Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. Externally it resembled a steam locomotive, especially with its tender, which carried its diesel fuel.

It was of 4-6-0 wheel arrangement and was fitted with a EM27L gas turbine of 2700hp. It had a maximum speed of 90mph, weighed 123.5tons, and was painted red.

BR tested it at its Rugby test centre and then on the former Great Central Main Line around Leicester and the West Coast Main Line around the Shap incline. However, BR decided to stay with diesel and electric traction, and GT3 was returned to English Electric at the end of 1962, where it was gradually dismantled.

Diesel Locomotives _ Electric Locomotives _ DMU - DEMU - AC EMU - DC EMU - Departmental Units
	Diesel Shunting Locomotives
Classes:	01 - 02 _ 03 - 04 - 05 _ 06 - 07 - 08 _ 09 - 10 - 11 _ 12 - 13 - 14
Pre_TOPS Type:	D1/1 - D1/2 - D1/3 - D1/4 - D2/1 - D2/2 - D2/3 _ D2/4 - D2/5 - D2/6 - D2/7 - D2/8 - D2/9 _ D2/10 _ D2/11 _ D2/12 _ D3/1 _ D3/2 - D3/3 - D3/4 - D3/5 - D3/6 - D3/7 - D3/8 _ D3/9 _ D3/10 _ D3/11 _ D3/12 _ D3/13 - D3/14
Pre-1955 Type:	11001 - 11104 - 13000 - 15097-15099
	Main-Line Diesel Locomotives
Classes:	15 - 16 _ 17 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ 23 _ 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 _ 33 _ 35 _ 37 - 40 - 41 _ 42 _ 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 _ 50 - 52 - 53 _ 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 66 - 67
Pre-TOPS Type:	D8/1 - D8/2 _ D10/1 _ D10/2 _ D10/3 _ D11/1 _ D11/2 _ D11/3 - D11/4 - D11/5 - D12/1 - D12/2 - D12/3 - D13/1 - D14/1 _ D14/2 - D15/1 - D15/2 - D16/1 - D16/2 - D17/1 - D17/2 - D20/1 _ D20/2 - D22/1 - D22/2 - D23/1 - D25/1 - D27/1 - D33/1 _ KA _ KB
Pre_1955 Type:	10000_10001 _ 10100 _ 10201_10203 _ 10800
	Electric Locomotives
Classes:	70 - 71 - 73 - 74 - 76 - 77 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 _ 87 - 89 - 90 - 91 - 92
Pre-TOPS Type:	AL1 - AL2 - AL3 - AL4 - AL5 - AL6 _ EB1 _ EE1 _ EM1 _ EM2 _ ES1 _ HA _ HB _ JA - JB
	Other Locomotives
Departmental:	97 - Pre-TOPS
Steam & Gas:	98 - 18000 _ 18100
Demonstrators:	D0226/D0227 - D0260 _ D0280 - D9998 - DHP1 _ DP1 - DP2 - GT3 - HS4000 _ Janus/Taurus

Categories: British Rail locomotives

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