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Tank car facts for kids

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A British tank wagon

A tank car or tank wagon is a type of railroad car designed to transport liquids or gases.


Images for kids

  • BFIX 520 20050716 Illinois Railway Museum

    A milk tank car for bulk loading at the Illinois railway museum.

  • Gabarit AAR Plate-C

    AAR Plate-C loading gauge

  • Pskov asv07-2018 railway station area img11

    Tank car on a Russian fire train.

  • Railroad car with container loads

    Type of shipping containers mounted on a spine car: Tank container (left), and an open-top shipping container with canvas cover (right)

  • Hattingen - Henrichshütte - Bahn 19 ies

    Torpedo car

  • Vinegar Car (20804352870)

    Wooden vinegar car, at the Toronto Railway Museum in Roundhouse Park.

  • TILX290344

    Modern tank cars carry all types of liquid and gaseous commodites.

  • Esso Tanker

    An old Esso Tanker, at the Nene Valley Railway, England

  • Beeston railway station MMB 34

    Modern British tank wagons, photographed in 2013

See also

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