Hi all hope you are all doing well
This is a bit of an odd topic but does anyone know if Wilsons or any other companies in the UK ever transported snuff by train
To cut a long story short I want to create a small model railway with my dad and thought it would be cool to have a snuff mill on it rather than a paper mill or colliery etc but I do not know if any manufacturers ever did ship by rail in the UK
Does anyone know what sort of weekly tonnage Wilsons or anyone would have been producing in say the 1950s (when rail would still have been preferable to road for many companies)
Even if no-one ever did I will probably still do it but it would be interesting if anyone knows
What makes me wonder is the size of tins of snuff etc would they ever have warranted haulage by rain or would a van or lorry have been sufficient
All responses welcome and hopefully someone can shed some light on this
Thanks
Bill
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I am going to try calling them for sure but they wont be open till Tuesday and I am impatient lol
but the whole idea has piqued my interest about other companies too now so if anyone knows anything please post :) If I get anywhere asking Wilsons direct Ill update on here
https://www.thehistorygirl.com/2012/12/tobacco-town-george-w-helme-snuff-mill.html
Got a speedy email response from Wilsons who informed me that they have never used rail and to their knowledge neither have any other mills in the UK
So its plan B and the layout will be a fictitious brewery instead