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...

Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British Railway Series books by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher...

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...

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...

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...

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...

fuel and water on board the locomotive itself are called tank locomotives or tank engines. A corridor tender is a locomotive tender with a passageway to...

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...

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...

A crane tank locomotive (CT) is a steam locomotive fitted with a crane for working in railway workshops, docksides, or other industrial environments. The...

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...

wheels on one axle. While some locomotives with this wheel arrangement had tenders, the majority were tank locomotives which carried their coal and water...

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...

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...

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...

The vast majority of 4-4-0 locomotives used tenders, though some tank locomotives were built. Five years after new locomotive construction had begun at...

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...

(GWR) experimented with oil burning steam locomotives at two points in its history. A single experimental tank engine was constructed to burn oil in 1902...

turbine number: number of cylinders t: tank locomotive tr: tram (urban) locomotive E: Engerth-type locomotive G: freight (German: Güterzug, lit. 'goods...

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...

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...

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...

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...

switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used...

gauge locomotive fleet, producing the first bogie tank design for the steep and curving South Devon lines in 1849, and condensing locomotives for the...

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...

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)...

2-6-2s were tender locomotives, but in Europe tank locomotives, described as 2-6-2T, were more common. The first 2-6-2 tender locomotives for a North American...

arrangement, only used on a few specialised locomotives. This wheel arrangement is only used for tank locomotives. Other equivalent classifications are: UIC...

Mason Bogie locomotives (also known as Mason Fairlie locomotives) are a type of articulated tank locomotive suited for sharp curves and uneven track,...