Tank car
A tank car (International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) or tanker is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities. == History == === Timeline === The following major events occurred in the years noted: 1863: Samuel J. Seely, an inventor from Brooklyn, New York, patented the very first railroad cylindrical body petroleum tank car in the United States, which is a predecessor of the railroad tank car that we see today.