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flask wagons

flask wagons is the plural of flask wagon.

Meaning of flask wagon

Noun

flask wagon (plural flask wagons)

  1. (UK) A special open wagon for the transport of nuclear flasks.
    • The main line fleet consists of 40 FNA-D flask wagons, 27 PFA two-axle container flats, six huge KXA-C eight-axle 'Flatrol' wagons designed to carry 110-tonne international flasks to and from Barrow Docks, and two 150-tonne-capacity French-built KUA wagons with distinctive silver sliding hoods for...2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 21

Questions about flask wagons

What is flask wagons the plural of?
Flask wagons is the plural of flask wagon.

Words near flask wagons in the dictionary

  1. flashtube
  2. flashtubes
  3. flashy
  4. flask
  5. flask wagon
  6. flask wagons
  7. flaske
  8. flasked
  9. flasker
  10. flaskers
  11. flaskes

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