British Railways gas turbine loco 18000 Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Heritage Diesel Day 4 May 2019. Gas turbine loco 18000 was an experimental machine, although it achieveed a working life of around 10 years on the GW main line out of Paddington. It was built in Switzerland by Brown, Boverie and entered service in 1949. Eventually it retuned to Switzerland but was secured for preservation and came back to the UK in 1990. In 2024, the loco has suffered the ravages of weather and does not look as good as it did in 2019.
British Railways gas turbine loco 18000 Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Heritage Diesel Day 4 May 2019. Gas turbine loco 18000 was an experimental machine, although it achieveed a working life of around 10 years on the GW main line out of Paddington. It was built in Switzerland by Brown, Boverie and entered service in 1949. Eventually it retuned to Switzerland but was secured for preservation and came back to the UK in 1990. In 2024, the loco has suffered the ravages of weather and does not look as good as it did in 2019.