flask wagon

English
DRS FNA (Uas) flask wagon at Bridgwater, Somerset

Noun

flask wagon (plural flask wagons)

  1. (rail transport, Britain) A special open wagon for the transport of nuclear flasks.
    • 2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 21:
      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 MoD traffic, also carried on four bogies to spread the weight.
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