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A milk churn is a tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk. In North America, it is often referred to as a milk can.
Milk churns on a railway platform
Milk churns on stand by road
Milk tank wagons were a common sight on railways in the United Kingdom from the early 1930s to the late 1960s. Introduced to transport raw milk from remote dairy farms to central creameries, milk trai
Preserved Express Dairies three-axle Milk Tank Wagon at the Didcot Railway Centre, based on an SR chassis
Typical pre-World War I scene of milk churns waiting to be picked up by the milk train, recreated at Quorn and Woodhouse station on the preserved Great Central Railway
Preserved United Dairies three-axle Milk Tank Wagon at the Bluebell Railway, based on an SR chassis
Preserved detail on a typical pre-World War II United Dairies three-axle Milk Tank Wagon at the National Railway Museum, based on an SR chassis