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2. Tank locomotive - Wikipedia

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   A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive which carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines also have bunkers (or fuel tanks ) to hold fuel; in a tender-tank locomotive a tender holds some or all of the fuel, and may hold some water also.

3. Vehicle registration plate - Wikipedia

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   Some jurisdictions license non-traditional vehicles, such as golf carts, particularly on-road vehicles, such as this one in Put-in-Bay, Ohio.. A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British, Indian and Australian English) or license plate (American English) or licence plate (Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official ...

4. Automatic number-plate recognition - Wikipedia

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   Automatic number-plate recognition can be used to store the images captured by the cameras as well as the text from the license plate, with some configurable to store a photograph of the driver. Systems commonly use infrared lighting to allow the camera to take the picture at any time of day or night. [1] [2] ANPR technology must take into ...

5. Vehicle registration plates of New York - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. state of New York was the first to require its residents to register their motor vehicles, in 1901. Registrants provided their own license plates for display, featuring their initials until 1903 and numbers thereafter, until the state began to issue plates in 1910. [1]

6. United States military vehicle markings of World War II

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   Rank. Vehicles of General Officers carried a plate 6 inches high by 9 inches wide on the front right and left rear bumpers, painted red and bearing up to five white five pointed stars. Covered up or removed when vehicle was not carrying the general. Flags were an alternate, flown on right front wing of cars.

7. DOT-111 tank car - Wikipedia

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   In rail transport, the U.S. DOT-111 tank car, also known as the TC-111 in Canada, is a type of unpressurized general service tank car in common use in North America. Tank cars built to this specification must be circular in cross section, with elliptical, formed heads set convex outward. [1] They have a minimum plate thickness of 16 inch (11.1 ...