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• Tank car — Modern tank cars carry all types of liquid and gaseous commodites. A tank car (UIC: tank wagon) is a type of railroad (UIC: railway) rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities. Contents …   Wikipedia

• tank car — noun a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk • Syn: ↑tank • Hypernyms: ↑freight car * * * noun : a railroad car for transporting liquids or gases in bulk * * * Railroads. a car containing one or more tanks for the transportation of …   Useful english dictionary

• tank car — A railroad car the body of which consists of a large tank for the transportation of liquids, such as oil, gasoline, syrup, etc …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• tank car — noun Date: 1862 a railroad car for transporting liquids or gases in bulk …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Waverly, Tennessee tank car explosion — The Waverly tank car explosion was an explosion that occurred at approximately 2:58 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 1978, in Waverly, Tennessee following a train derailment incident days earlier. A tank car containing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)… …   Wikipedia

• Liquid hydrogen tank car — A liquid hydrogen tank car is a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2). In the United Kingdom and countries that follow their railway practices they are generally called liquid hydrogen tank wagons or… …   Wikipedia

• Tank truck — A tank truck (United States usage) or tanker lorry (United Kingdom usage) is a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads. The largest such vehicles are similar to railroad tank cars which are also designed… …   Wikipedia

• railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …   Universalium

• Railroad car — A railroad car or railway carriage is a vehicle on a rail transport system (railroad or railway) that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. Cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by one or more locomotive. Passenger cars… …   Wikipedia

• car — n. automobile, motorcar 1) to drive, operate a car 2) to bring a car to a stop; to stop a car 3) to back a car (she backed the car into the garage) 4) to ride in a car 5) to go, travel by car 6) to hire (BE), rent a car 7) to break in (AE), run… …   Combinatory dictionary

• railroad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. railway; main or trunk line, spur; model railroad; tramline, tramway, trolley or streetcar line, street railway, subway. See transportation. v., informal, rush or push through, expedite; slang, frame …   English dictionary for students