EE GT3
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| − | [[Image:gt3.jpg|left|240px]]Built, for some unfathomable reason, on the chassis of a [[Jubilee|Standard Five]] steam locomotive, English Electric's Gas Turbine demonstrator was powerful and fast, but expensive, hard to maintain and very, VERY noisy. English Electric's own | + | [[Image:gt3.jpg|left|240px]]Built, for some unfathomable reason, on the chassis of a [[Jubilee|Standard Five]] steam locomotive, English Electric's Gas Turbine demonstrator was powerful and fast, but expensive, hard to maintain and very, VERY noisy. English Electric's own piston-powered products were clearly preferable to British Rail, and the GT3 was but a strange side-note in the development of modern railway locomotives. |
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Latest revision as of 12:43, 5 March 2012
The EE GT3 is a diesel turbine locomotive in the UK Railway Add-on Set.
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| Type: | Turbine Locomotive |
|---|---|
| Introduction: | 1958 |
| Withdrawal: | 1985 |
| Speed: | 90mph |
| Power: | 2750hp |
| Weight: | 123t |
| Tractive Effort: | 169kN |
| Drawn by: | Scuddles |
[edit] Prototype information
