What is British Rail 18000?
{{Infobox Locomotive | name = British Rail 18000 | powertype = Gas Turbine-electric | image = File:BR18000.jpg | caption = British Rail 18000 at Didcot Railway Centre on 6 August 2011 | builder = [[Brown, Boveri & Cie]] and<br> [[Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works]] | serialnumber = BBC: 4559 <br>SLM: 3977 | builddate = 1949 | primemover = Gas Turbine | poweroutput= {{convert|2500|hp|abbr=on|lk=on}} | transmission = DC generator<br>DC traction motors | tractionmotors=Four | tractiveeffort={{convert|31500|lbf|abbr=on|lk=on}} | uicclass = (A1A)(A1A) | wheeldiameter = ''Driving:'' {{convert|4|ft|0+1/4|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<br>''Idling:'' {{convert|3|ft|2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|115.18|LT|lk=on}} | trainheating = [[Steam generator]] | powerclass = BR: 4 | nicknames=''Kerosene Castle'' | ordernumber = GWR Lot 372 }} '''British Rail 18000''' was a prototype mainline [[gas turbine-electric locomotive]] built for [[British Rail]]ways in 1949. It was built by [[Asea Brown Boveri|Brown, Boveri & Cie]]. It was ordered by the [[Great Western Railway]] in 1940, but construction was delayed by [[World War II]]. It spent its working life on the Western Region of [[British Railways]], operating express passenger services from [[London Paddington station]]. ==Preservation== The locomotive is preserved at [[Didcot]] Railway Centre. {{British Rail Locomotives}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:British Railways gas turbine locomotives]] [[Category:A1A-A1A locomotives]]