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British Rail 18000 : ウィキペディア英語版 | British Rail 18000
British Rail 18000 was a prototype mainline gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown, Boveri & Cie. It had, however, been ordered by the Great Western Railway in 1946, but construction was delayed due to World War II. It spent its working life on the Western Region of British Railways, operating express passenger services from London Paddington station. == Overview == The GWR chose a gas-turbine locomotive because, at the time, there was no single-unit diesel locomotive of sufficient power available. The King class steam locomotive could deliver about at the rail. The LMS diesel locomotives had engines of only . After allowing for transmission losses, this would be down to about at the rail, so two diesels would be needed to match a King. No. 18000 was of A1A-A1A wheel arrangement and its gas turbine was rated at . It had a maximum speed of and weighed . It was painted in BR black livery, with a silver stripe around the middle of the body and silver numbers.
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