British Rail GT3
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GT3 was a one-off experimental prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to investigate the use of its gas turbines in rail
GT3 at Leicester, 1961
Gas-turbine locomotive
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A gas-turbine locomotive is a type of railway locomotive powered by a gas-turbine engine, using either hydraulic, mechanical or electrical transmission. The term has also been applied to a small numbe
British Rail GT3
…GT3 (Gas Turbine 3) was a one-off experimental prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to investigate the use of its gas turbines in rail traction applications…
UP 18, a gas-turbine–electric locomotive preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum
Diagram of a gas-turbine–electric locomotive
1942 publicity photo of Am 4/6 number 1101
British Rail APT-E, Derby, UK, 1972