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(rail transport) A style of tank locomotive in which the water tank sits on top of the boiler like a saddle..
The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance.
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Saddle tank means (rail transport) A style of tank locomotive in which the water tank sits on top of the boiler like a saddle..
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The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance.
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