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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 86.142.50.200 (talk) 17:59, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

Locomotive 18000

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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)[reply]

Ownership

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Who currently owns 18000? Biscuittin (talk) 14:20, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Found out, it's Pete Waterman. Biscuittin (talk) 18:14, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Order/Build Date makes no sense

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]
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:
Lot Numbers Type Years
367 7008-27 4-6-0 4073 Class 1948-49
368 6991-9, 7900-19 4-6-0 6959 Class 1948-50
369 4160-79 2-6-2T 5101 Class 1948-49
370 9662-72 0-6-0PT 5700 Class 1948
371 7430-9 0-6-0PT 7400 Class 1948
372 18000 A1A-A1A 18000 1950
373 1500-9 0-6-0PT 1500 Class 1949
374 6760-9 0-6-0PT 5700 Class 1948-49
375 7028-37 4-6-0 4073 Class 1950
376 7920-9 4-6-0 6959 Class 1950
377 7820-9 4-6-0 7800 Class 1950
--Redrose64 (talk) 13:37, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

18000 in a 1951 film

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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)[reply]