A tank locomotive is a steam locomotive which carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines...
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Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British Railway Series books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher...
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0-4-0 (category 0-4-0 locomotives)
rods to form a single driven set. The notation 0-4-0T indicates a tank locomotive of this wheel arrangement on which its water and fuel is carried on...
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0-6-0 (category 0-6-0 locomotives)
this was the most common wheel arrangement used on both tender and tank locomotives in versions with both inside and outside cylinders. In the United Kingdom...
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A crane tank locomotive (CT) is a steam locomotive fitted with a crane for working in railway workshops, docksides, or other industrial environments. The...
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A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80 It is fuelled by...
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Southend Railway (LT&SR). The 4-4-2T is the tank locomotive equivalent of a 4-4-0 American type tender locomotive, but with the frame extended to allow for...
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Whyte notation (redirect from 4w (locomotive))
can be used to extend the Whyte notation for tank locomotives: Various other types of steam locomotive can be also denoted through suffixes: The wheel...
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0-6-2 (category 0-6-2 locomotives)
wheels on one axle. While some locomotives with this wheel arrangement had tenders, the majority were tank locomotives which carried their coal and water...
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4-6-2 (redirect from Pacific (locomotive))
wheels as a means of reducing its axle load. In 1896, six Q class 4-6-2 tank locomotives were introduced on the Western Australian Government Railways. The...
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Tender (rail) (redirect from Tender (locomotive))
their fuel and water on board are called tank locomotives or tank engines. A corridor tender is a locomotive tender with a passageway to one side, allowing...
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0-4-2 (category 0-4-2 locomotives)
side-tank locomotive, 0-4-2ST for a saddle-tank locomotive, 0-4-2WT for a well-tank locomotive and 0-4-2RT for a rack-equipped tank locomotive. The earliest...
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4-4-0 (redirect from 4-4-0 locomotive)
majority of 4-4-0 locomotives had tenders, though some tank locomotives (designated 4-4-0T) were built. Five years after new locomotive construction had...
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and two NZR 2-6-2 Wb tank locomotives and one Wd tank locomotive are in the early stages of restoration. Another steam locomotive that is preserved is...
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Saddle tank may refer to: Saddle tank (locomotive), a water tank carried above the boiler of a steam locomotive; also the type name of a locomotive so fitted...
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2-8-4 (redirect from Berkshire locomotive)
was mostly seen in mainline passenger express locomotives and, in certain countries, in tank locomotives. In the United States of America, the 2-8-4 wheel...
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4-6-4 (category 4-6-4 locomotives)
for passenger tank locomotives. As such, it was essentially the tank locomotive equivalent of a 4-6-0 tender locomotive, with water tanks and a coal bunker...
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2-8-2 (redirect from Mikado (locomotive))
2-8-2T indicates a tank locomotive of this wheel arrangement, the "T" suffix indicating a locomotive on which the water is carried in tanks mounted on the...
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2-8-0 (redirect from Consolidation (locomotive))
indicates a tank locomotive of this wheel arrangement, the "T" suffix indicating a locomotive on which the water is carried in side-tanks mounted on the...
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4-6-0 (category 4-6-0 locomotives)
A 4-6-0 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, has four leading wheels on two axles...
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switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used...
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superheater between 1925 and 1928. Class T: Tank locomotive used for hauling Mumbai suburban trains Class Y: 2-8-4T Crane tank: 0-6-0T, one is preserved at the National...
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in 1906. Tank locomotive number 13 (Swindon Lot no. 72, works no. 1094) first appeared in 1886 as a 2-4-2WT, or well tank: the two water tanks were mounted...
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GWR 5700 Class (category Great Western Railway locomotives)
tank locomotives in 1860, and this continued into the BR era until 1956, with a total of 2,393 being built. The GWR also used 0-6-0 tank locomotives from...
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gauge locomotive fleet, producing the first bogie tank design for the steep and curving South Devon lines in 1849, and condensing locomotives for the...
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turbine number: number of cylinders t: tank locomotive tr: tram (urban) locomotive E: Engerth-type locomotive G: freight (German: Güterzug, lit. 'goods...
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Festiniog Railway 0-4-0TT (category Preserved narrow gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain)
indicates a tender-tank locomotive, which is a tank locomotive with a tender. In these locomotives, water is carried in tanks on the locomotive while fuel (coal)...
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locomotive itself, in bunkers and tanks, (this arrangement is known as a "tank locomotive") or pulled behind the locomotive, in tenders, (this arrangement...
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4-2-4T (redirect from 4-2-4 (locomotive))
locomotive, 4-2-4ST for a saddle-tank locomotive, 4-2-4WT for a well-tank locomotive and 4-2-4RT for a rack-equipped tank locomotive. This wheel arrangement was...
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Mason Bogie locomotives (also known as Mason Fairlie locomotives) are a type of articulated tank locomotive suited for sharp curves and uneven track,...
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