page_title: British Rail GT3
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail GT3
caption_attribution_description: English: GT3 locomotive on shed at Leicester with myself and other trainspotters. Not sure of exact date,but sometime in 1961
context_page_description: 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 Railways. It was designed by Vulcan engineer J. O. P. Hughes and the project was started in the early 1950s. Externally, it resembled a steam tender locomotive. In the case of GT3, the tender carried diesel fuel.
context_section_description: 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 Railways. It was designed by Vulcan engineer J. O. P. Hughes and the project was started in the early 1950s.  Externally, it resembled a steam tender locomotive. In the case of GT3, the tender carried diesel fuel.
caption: GT3 at Leicester in 1961
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