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Are there other styles apart from side tank, saddle tank, pannier tank and well tank? Dunc_Harris| ☺ 21:23, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I got the photos from http://www.brsince78.co.uk by the way. Dunc_Harris| ☺ 08:18, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
From the description of side tanks:
What does the word 'motion' mean? It's not explained either here or in Rail terminology. Hairy Dude 00:27, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Not sure that the Adams 4-4-2T is actually a well tank. The arrangement I think is a combination of a back tank with small side tanks. Next time I visit the Bluebell Line, I'll check. In the meantime it would be safer to give a pic of a Beattie tank where there's no doubt.-- John of Paris 09:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
As can be seen in this picture, the tank filler is on top of the bunker tank with balancing pipes connecting it to the side tanks. It's pretty clear but I'll check all the same.
-- John of Paris 15:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Slambo, How many references would you judge "sufficient"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by John of Paris ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Is it worth mentioning the box tank style? This is the first example I could find easily. It seems to have only been used on a certain type of locomotive for a short amount of time but it might be worthy of inclusion I'm not sure. -- Tombomp ( talk) 18:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Here are two more. The book "Highland Railway Locomotives Part 1" describes the locomotive from that link as a box tank. It might not be a widely used descriptor - I'm not an expert. -- Tombomp ( talk) 09:07, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Nothing at all about Thomas the Tank Engine? I know...but he at least deserves a mention -- NE2 04:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
It took me the longest time to determine (hopefully correctly) that the "tank" in tank engine refers to water tanks (I was looking all over Thomas trying to figure out "where are the tanks?" (I guess they are on the sides). If I added any mention about what tanks are, it'd be original research, and worse, based on guessing and inference. However, if my interpretation is correct and has sources somewhere, I'm wondering if someone could add it to the beginning sentences so that the article makes more sense for people like me? Thanks! 70.162.184.205 ( talk) 03:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
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Are there other styles apart from side tank, saddle tank, pannier tank and well tank? Dunc_Harris| ☺ 21:23, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I got the photos from http://www.brsince78.co.uk by the way. Dunc_Harris| ☺ 08:18, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
From the description of side tanks:
What does the word 'motion' mean? It's not explained either here or in Rail terminology. Hairy Dude 00:27, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Not sure that the Adams 4-4-2T is actually a well tank. The arrangement I think is a combination of a back tank with small side tanks. Next time I visit the Bluebell Line, I'll check. In the meantime it would be safer to give a pic of a Beattie tank where there's no doubt.-- John of Paris 09:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
As can be seen in this picture, the tank filler is on top of the bunker tank with balancing pipes connecting it to the side tanks. It's pretty clear but I'll check all the same.
-- John of Paris 15:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Slambo, How many references would you judge "sufficient"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by John of Paris ( talk • contribs) 15:43, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Is it worth mentioning the box tank style? This is the first example I could find easily. It seems to have only been used on a certain type of locomotive for a short amount of time but it might be worthy of inclusion I'm not sure. -- Tombomp ( talk) 18:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Here are two more. The book "Highland Railway Locomotives Part 1" describes the locomotive from that link as a box tank. It might not be a widely used descriptor - I'm not an expert. -- Tombomp ( talk) 09:07, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Nothing at all about Thomas the Tank Engine? I know...but he at least deserves a mention -- NE2 04:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
It took me the longest time to determine (hopefully correctly) that the "tank" in tank engine refers to water tanks (I was looking all over Thomas trying to figure out "where are the tanks?" (I guess they are on the sides). If I added any mention about what tanks are, it'd be original research, and worse, based on guessing and inference. However, if my interpretation is correct and has sources somewhere, I'm wondering if someone could add it to the beginning sentences so that the article makes more sense for people like me? Thanks! 70.162.184.205 ( talk) 03:36, 1 January 2011 (UTC)