What is British Rail GT3?
{{Infobox Locomotive |name = Gas Turbine 3 |powertype = Gas Turbine mechanical |image = File:GT3 at Leicester ..1961.JPG |caption = GT3 at Leicester in 1961 |builder = [[English Electric]] at [[Vulcan Foundry]] |serialnumber = Vulcan Foundry: D228 |builddate = 1958–1961 |primemover= EM27L gas turbine |transmission = Mechanical: flexible drive from gearbox onto middle driving axle |whytetype = [[4-6-0]] |uicclass = 2'C |driverdiameter = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|3|abbr=on}} |length = {{convert|68|ft|0+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | width = | height = |locoweight = {{convert|79.80|LT}} |tenderweight = {{convert|44|LT}} |topspeed = {{convert|90|mph|abbr=on}} |poweroutput={{convert|2750|hp|kW|abbr=on}} |tractiveeffort = {{convert|38000|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} |trainheating= [[Steam generator]] |railroad = [[British Rail]] |roadnumber=GT3 |disposition = Returned to VF 1962; turbine removed; scrapped T.W. Ward, Salford, March 1966 }} '''GT3''' was a prototype mainline [[gas turbine locomotive]]. It was built in 1961 by [[English Electric]] at their [[Vulcan Foundry]] in [[Newton-le-Willows]] to demonstrate its wares to [[British Rail]]ways. It was designed by Vulcan engineer J. O. P. Hughes and the project was started in the early 1950s. Externally, it resembled a [[Steam locomotive|steam tender locomotive]]. In the case of GT3, the tender carried [[diesel fuel]]. ==Related pages== * [[British Rail 18000]] (GT1) * [[British Rail 18100]] (GT2) {{British Rail Locomotives}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:British Railways gas turbine locomotives]] [[Category:English Electric locomotives]] [[Category:Vulcan Foundry locomotives]]