tank engine
Britishnoun
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The original test episode, titled Down The Mine, will appear online on Friday to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the famous tank engine franchise.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
Robin van Persie as Batman's sidekick, a tank engine and Jessie J?
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2012
This month it had $8,000,000 of Guiberson tank engine orders, and 350 men worked three shifts daily to get production up to a promised eight per day.
From Time Magazine Archive
With his hands full of plane engine production, Hives got an urgent request from Minister of Supply Lord Beaverbrook: Would Rolls make a new high-powered tank engine?
From Time Magazine Archive
The road’s annual report of 1853 describes the Pioneer as a six-wheel tank engine.
From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by John H. White
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