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Last week, I purchased a book entitled "Illustrated History of The Railroads" from a used bookstore. In it, there's a black and white photograph of of a train being pulled by an old SP 2-6-0. Behind it are ordinary-looking tank cars. There is a large banner that goes across three of the tank cars and reads, "LARGEST TRAINLOAD OF WINES in HISTORY CHATEAU MARTIN WINERY in CALIFORNIA to N.Y.C." The caption for the picture simply reads, "The Southern Pacific Railroad makes its bid for the bulk wine traffic from California to the eastern states." Nothing else is mentioned in the book. This is the first I've ever heard of something like this. I would think that the wineries would bottle their wine first (or else just send out barrels of it) and then ship it in boxcars. But tank cars? I would imagine (at least I hope) that those tank cars weren't used for transporting anything else. Can anyone add any more information to this. Was it common to transport wine or other alcoholic beverages in this manner? I do know that in Europe they had wine wagons, like this one, that were basically wine barrels on flatcars. I've never heard about anything like this in North America, though. <br /> <br />[img]http://www.francerama.com/W/RED/photos/album/trains_paris_juin_2003_0534.jpg[/img]
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