flask wagon
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport 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 MoD traffic, also carried on four bogies to spread the weight.2023 December 27, Ben Jones, “Inside Sellafield... by rail”, in RAIL, number 999, page 21: