Talk:British Rail 18000

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> It was painted in BR black livery, with a silver stripe around the middle of the body and silver numbers.

This locomotive was at Didcot on one day in the 1950s in a glossy dark green livery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Locomotive 18000
This was last seen on Monday 21st July being taken,I presume,to J.26 of the M1 by 'Heanor Haulage' to be stored at their depot in Langley Mill,and then taken on susequently for restortion....I know not where! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.107.209.200 (talk) 20:27, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Ownership
Who currently owns 18000? Biscuittin (talk) 14:20, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Found out, it's Pete Waterman. Biscuittin (talk) 18:14, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Order/Build Date makes no sense
The article states that the loco was ordered in 1946, but that the construction was delayed by WWII. Last I heard, WWII ended in 1945, so how was the construction delayed by the war? Needs clarification or correction.Resinguy (talk) 06:09, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * The war caused a general delay to thoughts of innovative new power choices, but there's no real indication that either loco was seriously considered (and certainly not ordered) before the end of the war. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:13, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Very often, the ordering of a new loco design comes quite late in proceedings. It could be that all sorts of design ideas had been kicked about for years, but no formal order was placed because it was known that no financial authority could be given. Once the situation eased after the war, a case could be made for building a prototype; and with financial authority came permission to order. So, WWII almost certainly delayed the placing of the order, and therefore delayed construction, because construction could not take place without an order.
 * The late ordering is borne out by the Lot number issued by Swindon, which if placed in context with the five either side shows that once the order had been placed, construction was slightly delayed, but not appreciably so:


 * -- Red rose64 (talk) 13:37, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I know of no indication that Swindon was even thinking of these gas turbines before the end of the war - it's in none of my sources on these locos, they're not mentioned in c. 1945 gas turbine books (although other Brown Boveri locos are). In 1940 the Hawksworth Pacific seemed more likely as their next motive power development. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:05, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

18000 in a 1951 film
18000 is shown, in motion, pulling a coach, for a few seconds in a 1951 British Transport film, just after one minute into the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QquUikuHf9M&t=70s — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:3195:AC01:80A0:CCC5:CA5B:DCE7 (talk) 12:34, 9 November 2023 (UTC)