Transporting Wine in Tank Cars

[dharmon]

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.

La Brea…hahahaha

[Anonymous]

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…

[}:)]

. . .and I’m sure that it is a worthy one