tank engine

noun

a steam locomotive that carries its water supply in tanks mounted around its boiler

Long gone was the phenom, replaced by Tomic “The Tank Engine.”

The company also has a line of apps featuring Curious George, Thomas the Tank Engine and Sesame Street.

The engine, which is an all-coupled six wheel tank engine, weighs 48½ tons in working order, it has cylinders 18 in.

Its weight but slightly exceeded three tons, and it was a “tank engine,” carrying its own fuel and water at B.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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