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unusual facts about tank locomotives



Three Bridges railway station

It remained steam operated, principally by push-pull tank locomotives of the M7 and H classes, until the end of steam operation in 1964.


see also

CGR 3rd Class 2-6-0T

Before the outbreak of the South African War in October 1899, four tank locomotives were ordered by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) from Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, through the agency of Arthur Koppel.

SECR K and SR K1 classes

The impending electrification of the Brighton Main Line, scheduled for 1932 also meant that fewer duties suitable for heavy passenger tank locomotives would be available in the 1930s.

T14

Prussian T 14, a German 2-8-2 T goods train, tank locomotives class