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English: The Merchant Venturer´, Metro-Vic Locomotive No 18100 at Bristol Temple Meads station on 31 May 1952.

British Rail 18100 was a prototype main line gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1951 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Manchester. It had, however, been ordered by the Great Western Railway in the 1940s, 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 Paddington station, London.

It was of Co-Co wheel arrangement and its gas turbine was rated at 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW). It had a maximum speed of 90 mph (140 km/h) and weighed 129.5 long tons (131.6 t; 145.0 short tons). It was painted in BR black livery, with a silver stripe around the middle of the body and silver numbers. (Per Wikipedia)
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TRAIN E BR GAS TURBINE ELECTRIC LOCO No 18100 B - METRO VICKERS GAS TURBINE LOCOMOTIVE 1951

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