GT3, or Gas Turbine 3, was a one-off experimental mainline gas turbine locomotive built by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows in 1961, following the earlier 18000 and 18100. English Electric engineer J. O. P. Hughes designed it with a conventional chassis and mechanical side-rod drive, so it looked like a steam tender locomotive, but the tender carried kerosene fuel and a train heating boiler. An EM27L gas turbine of 2,750 hp drove it, with a designed maximum speed of 90 mph, and its brown livery earned the nickname The Chocolate Zephyr. It was tested on the North Wales coast, Great Central and West Coast main lines, but neither English Electric nor British Railways would fund further work, and it was scrapped in 1966.
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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.
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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.
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built in 1961 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows
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one-off experimental prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive
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Externally it resembled a steam tender locomotive, but the tender carried kerosene fuel.
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Power came from an English Electric EM27L gas turbine arrangement of 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
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2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
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designed maximum speed of 90 mph (140 km/h)
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It was finally scrapped at Thos. W. Ward, Salford in February 1966
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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.
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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.
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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.
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