Hot on the heels of the arrival of the BR/Brown, Boveri gas turbine locomotive, No. 18000, Rails of Sheffield has teamed up with Heljan again to produce a RTR version of the Metropolitan-Vickers-built No. 18100.
Originally ordered by the GWR in 1940, No. 18100 was finally delivered in 1952 and worked mostly on the Western Region for just a year before withdrawal. After a period of storage, it was rebuilt as Britain’s first 25kV AC overhead electric locomotive and used as a test bed during the electrification of the WCML. Rails will also be offering models in rebuilt form, as E1000 and E2001. Delivery is planned for late 2022.