tank wagon

noun

1. a form of railway wagon carrying a tank for the transport of liquids

Example Sentences

While the good things were cooking the Rambler dropped down to a wharf where a tank wagon of gasoline awaited them, and there, also, loads of provisions of all kinds were put on board.

From Project Gutenberg

When he quit to go into business himself in 1910, he was rich enough to buy a one-horse tank wagon, and sell gasoline from the rear end while his son Jacob drove.

From Time Magazine Archive

His tank wagon business grew into American Oil Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old among oil companies is Pierce Petroleum Corp. whose predecessor companies have been in the business since the first well was drilled in Pennsylvania, which claims to have been the first to use a tank wagon in delivering oil to retailers.

From Time Magazine Archive

A survey of tank wagon prices elsewhere: Going on the principle that he is a shrewd fellow who gets away with what he can while he can— but making a noise like a loose-tongued woman who is losing her reputation and tries to regain it at the expense of her neighbor's— the Denver Posts, morning and evening phenomena published by Fred G. Bonfils, onetime river gambler and circus promoter, last week furnished their niche in the Rocky Mountains with as ingenious a piece of journalism as ever misled simple citizens.

From Time Magazine Archive