<html><body>I believe most milk cans were transported in baggage and express cars. From what I've read about the dairy industry, I don't think it was so much that the railroads stopped accepting them but the dairy traffic simply moved to trucks for cost and effeciancy reasons.<div><br></div><div>Marty Flick<br><div><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "NW Mailing List" <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org><br>To: "NW Mailing List"<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Friday September 27 2024 7:29:42AM<br>Subject: Re: When were milk and cream shipments discontinued?<br><br>
I have a follow up question, how did the N&W ship those?<br>
Thanks,<br>
David Baker<br><br>
> On Sep 26, 2024, at 1:37 AM, NW Mailing List via
NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> wrote:<br>
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> Good morning!<br>
><br>
> Is there a date that milk and cream shipments were no longer
accepted on the N&W, or did that traffic wither away on its
own?<br>
><br>
> Best Autumn wishes,<br>
><br>
> Frank Scheer<br>
>
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