tank-car
1tank car — ☆ tank car n. a large tank on wheels, for carrying liquids and gases by rail …
2Tank 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 …
3tank 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 …
4tank-car company — A company which owns and holds for leasing to others tank cars for the transportation of liquid substances, such as oil, gasoline, syrup etc. General American Tank Car Corp. v El Dorado Terminal Co. 308 US 422, 84 L Ed 361, 60 S Ct 325, reh den… …
5tank car — A railroad car the body of which consists of a large tank for the transportation of liquids, such as oil, gasoline, syrup, etc …
6tank car — noun Date: 1862 a railroad car for transporting liquids or gases in bulk …
7tank car — Railroads. a car containing one or more tanks for the transportation of liquids, gases, or granular solids. [1870 75, Amer.] * * * …
8tank car — carriage with a large container used for transporting liquids …
9Waverly, 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)… …
10Union Tank Car Company — or UTLX (their most well known AAR reporting mark) is a railway equipment leasing company (and car maintenance / manufacturing) headquartered in metro Chicago, Illinois. As the name says, they specialise in tank cars, and covered hopper… …
