British Rail 18100 |
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Specifications |
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Configuration:
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• UIC | Co'Co' |
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Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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Wheel diameter | 3 ft 8 in (1.118 m) |
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Wheelbase | 53 ft 0 in (16.15 m) |
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Length | 66 ft 9+1⁄4 in (20.35 m) |
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Width | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
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Height | 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) |
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Loco weight | 129.50 long tons (131.58 t) |
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Generator | Metropolitan-Vickers, 3 off |
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Traction motors | Metropolitan-Vickers, 6 off |
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Transmission | DC generators DC traction motors |
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Train heating | Spanner steam generator |
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Train brakes | Vacuum |
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Performance figures |
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Power output | 3,000 hp (2,240 kW) At rail: 2,450 hp (1,830 kW) |
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Tractive effort | 60,000 lbf (266.89 kN) |
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Career |
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Power class | BR Type 5 |
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First run | 1952 |
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Last run | 1954 |
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Retired | December 1957 |
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Disposition | Rebuilt to 25 kV electric locomotive E1000 (E2001 from 1959) |
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British Rail 18100 was a prototype main line gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1951. It was built by Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester. It was ordered by the Great Western Railway in the 1940s, but construction was delayed by World War II. It spent its working life on the Western Region of British Railways, operating express passenger services from London Paddington station.
It was rebuilt as an electric locomotive in 1958 and became British Rail Class 80. It was scrapped in 1973.
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