Milk trains were introduced to transport raw milk from remote farms to central creameries. This wagon was used on the London, Midland & Scottish Railway which collected milk from Cumbria and North Wales. Tank wagon, No ADW44057, six wheeled United Dairies milk wagon with glass-lined tank, built in Derby 1937 on display at National Railway Museum, York, England. Length over buffers: 23′ 11″; width 8′ 7″; height 12′ 9″.
in some parts of rural America, milk tanks like this were used to haul water to barn/nouse/structure/wildfires. Since they were used once a day to haul milk, they were available during other hours. I”m not sure how they were cleaned afterwards as the water usually came from a neaby river or pond.
That is interesting, Sylvia.