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tank engine

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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

Another example is Mr. Webb's tank engine on the North-Western Railway, which presents a contrast to the foregoing.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various