What is British Rail 18100?
{{Infobox Locomotive | name = British Rail 18100 | powertype = Gas turbine-electric | image = | caption = | builder = [[Metropolitan Vickers]], [[Trafford Park]] | ordernumber = GWR Lot 388 | builddate = 1951 | primemover = | transmission = DC generators<br>DC traction motors | uicclass = Co'Co' | gauge={{RailGauge|ussg|lk=on}} | wheeldiameter = {{convert|3|ft|8|in|m|3|abbr=on}} | trainbrakes = Vacuum | wheelbase = {{convert|53|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|66|ft|9+1/4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|9|ft|0|in|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|12|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} | locoweight = {{convert|129.50|LT}} | poweroutput = {{convert|3000|hp|abbr=on|sigfig=3}} <br>''At rail:'' {{convert|2450|hp|abbr=on}} | generator = Metropolitan-Vickers, 3 off | tractionmotors = Metropolitan-Vickers, 6 off | tractiveeffort = {{convert|60000|lbf|kN|2|abbr=on}} | powerclass = BR Type 5 | trainheating = Spanner [[steam generator]] | retiredate = December 1957 | firstrundate = 1952 | lastrundate = 1954 | disposition = Rebuilt to 25 kV electric locomotive E1000 (E2001 from 1959) }} '''British Rail 18100''' was a prototype main line [[gas turbine-electric locomotive]] built for [[British Railways]] in 1951. It was built by [[Metropolitan Vickers]], [[Manchester]]. It was ordered by the [[Great Western Railway]] in the 1940s, 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]]. ==Rebuilding== It was rebuilt as an [[electric locomotive]] in 1958 and became [[British Rail Class 80]]. It was scrapped in 1973. {{British Rail Locomotives}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:British Railways gas turbine locomotives]] [[Category:Co-Co locomotives]]