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Borden Milk Tank Car BFIX 520 "Butter Dish", Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois

Borden Milk Tank Car BFIX 520 "Butter Dish", Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois

Butter Dish Car. Borden Milk Tank Car BFIX 520 was part of a streamlined art deco style 35 car order built by Merchants Despatch Transportation Company in 1935 to carry 6000 gallons of milk in a pair of 3000 gallon tanks. After serving this purpose for decades, it ended its career transporting chemicals for a glue company. In 1991, it came to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois, and was restored in 2012. It is the sole survivor of this type.