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Pluto Water #N.A.D.X. 2688
40' Double-Sheathed Wood Reefer w/Vertical Brake Wheel
Part #MTL-49490 N Scale Supply Price: $
Released: January 1999
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This 40' double-sheathed wood reefer with vertical brake wheel is box car red with white sides. Leased from North American Despatch and painted in 1927, it sports red, blue and black lettering with a red devil. Because people were taking the mineral springs water away with them after visiting the French Lick Springs Hotel, Thomas Taggart, the owner, began bottling it as "Pluto Water". He pressured the Monon to run daily trains directly from Chicago to the front entrance of the Hotel on a specially laid spur. Thus, enabling him to distribute the water nationally. Today's Pluto Corporation bottles cleaners and rug Shampoos, and the historic 'French Lick, West Baden & Southern Railway' gives a 2 hour excursion ride to the public. Check out http://www.frenchlick.com/history.htm on the web.
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