QUOTE: Originally posted by passengerfan Living in wine country our local library mentioned that only the cheap so called table wines are shipped by tank cars. Many California wineries ship tank cars of wine to New York and other states where they are bottled under local or so called house labels or in some cases private labels.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by skeets Many years back, Madera Wines of California used to ship small [8000gals.] riveted tanks full of uncut wine to their local facility here. There was no special lettering, and I think they were lease cars. Anyway, the car would be spotted on their spur, and the crew would be careful to leave chocks under the wheels on one end. When the car was empty the boys would pull it down in the yard where the drain plug was opened and about 50 gals. of uncut wine would run into waiting containers. Man. You could get stupid on uncut wine...8^@ [so I've heard, at least...] BTW, Madera Wine was trash.
QUOTE: Originally posted by techguy57 [#offtopic] A bit off topic, but having worked for 7up as a merchandiser/pt salesmanand at a liquor store, I always get confused by Coors claim of keeping their beer cold from brewery to buyer. Perhaps it moves by refridgerated railcar, and even by refridgerated truck, but during the summer it sits in the warm stock room of gwith all the other beer that there isn't room in the cooler for. Some states like Indiana you can't buy cold beer in a grocery store (at least you couldn't when I lived there). Had a manager who claimed that why leaving cold beer out didn't necessarily skunk it. Mike
QUOTE: Originally posted by K. P. Harrier Forget the wine … I wonder if Cocaine isn’t being transported by the Class 1’s. Why else would security be so tight? … and so unreasonable too?
QUOTE: Originally posted by piouslion QUOTE: Originally posted by skeets Many years back, Madera Wines of California used to ship small [8000gals.] riveted tanks full of uncut wine to their local facility here. There was no special lettering, and I think they were lease cars. Anyway, the car would be spotted on their spur, and the crew would be careful to leave chocks under the wheels on one end. When the car was empty the boys would pull it down in the yard where the drain plug was opened and about 50 gals. of uncut wine would run into waiting containers. Man. You could get stupid on uncut wine...8^@ [so I've heard, at least...] BTW, Madera Wine was trash. In a way that gives real understanding to the spirit(s) of railroading. [:D]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans SHIPPED IN TANK CARS EH? That could explain the flavor of crude oil in that 89 cent bottle of California "La Brea Chardonnais" that was shipped to Omaha in a 1946 SINCLAIR OIL tank car. Guess I'd better up my wine budget a few notches.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by piouslion QUOTE: Originally posted by skeets Many years back, Madera Wines of California used to ship small [8000gals.] riveted tanks full of uncut wine to their local facility here. There was no special lettering, and I think they were lease cars. Anyway, the car would be spotted on their spur, and the crew would be careful to leave chocks under the wheels on one end. When the car was empty the boys would pull it down in the yard where the drain plug was opened and about 50 gals. of uncut wine would run into waiting containers. Man. You could get stupid on uncut wine...8^@ [so I've heard, at least...] BTW, Madera Wine was trash. In a way that gives real understanding to the spirit(s) of railroading. [:D] For that you get a Mookie Groan.... [}:)]
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