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Definition of Tank engine

Tank engine
Tank Tank, n. [Pg. tanque, L. stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf. Stank, n.] A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender. Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron. Tank worm (Zo["o]l.), a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.

Meaning of Tank engine from wikipedia

- Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional, anthropomorphised tank locomotive who originated from the British children's books The Railway Series, created and...
- Whitlock, Natalie (6 November 2006). "Thomas the Tank Engine and TV". Ultimate Guide to Thomas the Tank Engine. TLC. Archived from the original on 30 October...
- of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines also have bunkers (or fuel tanks) to hold fuel; in a tender-tank locomotive a tender holds some or all of...
- "Thomas the Tank Engine gets multicultural female trains in equality overhaul". Metro. Mason, Melissa (4 September 2019). "'Thomas The Tank Engine' Ends The...
- traditional tender. Tank engine may also refer to: Thomas the Tank Engine, an anthropomorphised fictional tank engine. The engine of a military tank. This disambiguation...
- The Thomas the Tank Engine Man. London: Heinemann. pp. 272–5. ISBN 0-434-96909-5. Awdry, Wilbert (1989) [1950]. Toublesome Engines (1st ed.). London:...
- the Cromwell was the first tank put into service by the British to combine high speed from a powerful, reliable engine (the Rolls-Royce Meteor) and...
- and the Breakdown Train Thomas is a tank engine who works at the big station, fetching coaches for the big engines and longs for greater things beyond...
- 5 engine on the North Western Railway, the Fat Controller's railway on the Island of Sodor. James debuted in the 1946 book Thomas the Tank Engine. Two...
- customised steam locomotives resembling characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine. Day Out with Thomas family events include train rides and activities...